0001 JAMES STERLING OF CORNWALL CONNECTICUT:

His parentage and ancestry are not definitely known. He is supposed, however, to have been a great-grandson or great-great-grandson of William Sterling of Haverhill Mass. and Lyme Conn., probably through his son Richard.

In Asa Bonney's account book he is, under date of 1780, called James Sterling Jr. therefore it is assumed that his father was then of Cornwall and named James.

Cornwall was first settled in 1739-40. None of the name of Sterling were there among the earliest settlers of the first eight years. (History of Litchfield Co., Conn., 1881, page, 290.)

James Sterling m. in Cornwall Conn., June 28, 1767, Hannah May, probably dau. of Edward May of Cornwall. James Sterling although a quaker, enlisted at Cornwall in June, 1776, as a member of Capt. Roger's company, in the 2nd. battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, raised under an act of the Legislature to reinforce Washington at New York City. The battalion served on the Brooklyn front a few days before and during the battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, and was in the retreat from New York, Aug. 29 and 30. It was stationed at New York under General Putnam and narrowly escaped capture on the retreat from the City, Sept. 15. They were posted on Harlem (Washington) Heights until the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, in which the battalion was engaged and suffered some loss. James was mustered out with the company, Dec. 25, 1776, and returned to his home. When asked if he ever killed a man in battle he said he did not know, but that once he was surrounded by the enemy and in the fight he saw one man fall at a shot from his musket. Jumping over the body he escaped death or capture. " At the battle of Long Island, seeing his company was being surrounded, he rushed at the British line with clubbed musket and broke through, then threw away his gun and ran, escaping unhurt." (Judge Harrison, who had it from James's daughter.) James may have enlisted again as there is a tradition that he was in the Battle of Trenton. His early home in Cornwall was in a log house. This he built, together with farm buildings, on land which was afterwards proven to belong to another who had a prior claim. The town authorities, in a desire to assist him, laid out a road through the disputed property and thus saved the barn from confiscation. But he had to build another dwelling.

James was a very vigorous man, large physically, a great worker, and could mow with a scythe as much grass as two ordinary men could cut in the same time. He sometimes received the wages of two men for a day's work.

Like most people of large stature, he was of a kindly and even tempered disposition and enjoyed a joke. In reply to some remarks by his more excitable wife he would say, "Don't thee bite Hannah." His half sister, name not known, lived in his family and she did not seem to share his jovial disposition. He made some remark about her mouth which she resented so much that for a long time she would not eat at the table with him. so James ate his meals alone and left the table, that his sister might eat with the family.

He had one old horse which he had ridden for many years. Sometimes in returning from a short journey with the mare, he would come home, carrying the saddle on his arm and leading the animal by its halter strap.

He was a consistent member of the Society of Friends and used their quaint forms of speech.

In 1776 "James worked the Rev. Hezekiah Golds farm in Cornwall and was assaulted by him, for which Mr. Gold was fined." (Sedgwicks pamphlet upon the history of Cornwall.) Asa Bonney, father of Meliscent, who married James's son Isaac, kept an account book wherein are many items relative to James and his sons. The first mention, headed, "James Sterling Jr.," is dated May 30, 1780, and the last is sept. 12, 1812. (See Asa Bonney in account with James Sterling.)

Hannah Sterling was a member of the Cornwall First Church as early as 1775. Seven children by her were bapt. there, Amy, Daniel, Isaac, and Thomas in 1775, a daughter in 1776, Rachel in 1778, and James in 1781. A child d. in 1789.

James Sterling d. in Cornwall, July 13, 1829. Hannah (May) Sterling d. there May 20, 1834.

The children of James and Hannah Sterling

The children were baptized "on his wife's account."

0002 Thomas, b. Dec. 6, 1767, bap. Jan. 16, 1775, m. Mehitable Norton, Aug. 23, 1790.

0003 Daniel, b. May 3, 1769, bap. Jan. 16, 1775, m. Mary Bradford, July 25, 1793.

0004 Amy, b. May 19, 1771, bap. Jan. 16, 1775, m. Ephraim Howe.

0005 Isaac, b. June 20, 1773, bap. Jan. 16, 1775, m. 1st, Urania Johnson Nov. 10, 1798. m. 2d, Meliscent Bonney.

0006 Nathaniel, b. Nov. 1, 1775, m. 1st, Prudy Ann Maples. m. 2d, Polly Ann Moss.

0000 A daughter, bap. 1776 ?

0007 Rachel, b. Jan. 15, 1778, bap. Apr. 12, 1778, m. 1st, Jedediah Hewitt, m. 2d, Mr. ___ Stark.

0008 James b. Sep. 10, 1781, bap. Feb. 1781, m. Abigail Maples, Feb. 6, 1803.

0009 Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1783, m. Thomas Lucas, Jan. 30, 1816.

0010 Anne, b. March 23, 1785. (She d. of fever, Jan. 22, 1806.)

0011 Sarah, b. Dec. 1, 1786. (She d. unm. Apr. 15, 1858.)

0012 Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 1793, m. Mary Newell, Sep. 1, 1831.

0000 A child d. in 1789.

0002 THOMAS STERLING (son of James), b. in Cornwall Conn., Dec. 6, 1767; m. Aug. 23, 1790, in Morris, Conn., Mehitable Norton, b. June 1, 1768.

Thomas Sterling removed from Connecticut to Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Penn., in 1812. At that time the township was known by the name of Hopbottom, deriving this title from the creek along whose banks early settlers found wild hops growing. The name of the town was changed to Brooklyn in 1825. A settlement was first made within the present limits of Brooklyn by a party of Scotch-Irish and Dutch from Philadelphia in 1787. They began to sell their titles to settlers from Connecticut in 1798. The entire section was eventually peopled almost entirely by natives of Connecticut, who at this time supposed that they were moving into a territory over which their old commonwealth had jurisdiction.

Thomas Sterling was a wheelwright and a cabinet and furniture maker. Like his father he was a Quaker, one of few in the locality. He and his wife are buried in

the old cemetery in Brooklyn. The inscription on the stone above their graves reads: "Thomas Sterling died Nov. 26, 1828, Aged 61 years also Mehitable his wife died Sept. 18, 1827, Aged 60 years."

Only child:

0013 James William Sterling, b. in March, 1791, m. Betsey Tewksbury, Jan., 1813.

0003 DANIEL STERLING (son of James), b. in Cornwall Conn., May 3, 1769, m. July 25, 1793, Mary Bradford, b. in England, July 14, 1771, dau. of John and Mary (Fitch) Bradford. (See Ancestry of Mary Bradford.)

Daniel removed in 1804 to the "Black River Country", in Jefferson Co., N.Y., and settled in the township of Antwerp, a mile north of Indian River. This section was then first being settled. There were no highways for the last stages of the journey and the wife and mother had to walk miles through the forest, carrying her youngest child, while the father cut a path through the underbrush for the passage of their wagon. One of the first deeds recorded for this locality is in the name of Mary (Bradford) Sterling, 1806. Daniel Sterling was a man of considerable education. He was a justice of the peace and general arbitrator of neighborhood difficulties, so that he came to be called "Judge" Sterling. He was the first highway commissioner of his town. He was a Royal Arch Mason.

Daniel Sterling d. in Antwerp, June 13, 1828. His wife d. four months later, October 12, 1828.

Children:

0014 Daniel Fitch Sterling, b. Sept. 12, 1797; was twice m., each time to a widow. Lived in Rome, N.Y. He d. October 11, 1869, without issue.

0015 James Sterling, b. Jan. 25, 1800; m. Annis Coleman, October 9, 1826.

0016 John Riley Sterling, b. May 20, 1802; m. Roxanna Church, Jan. 27, 1828.

0017 Samuel Griswold Sterling, b. June 26, 1809; m. 1st, Adeline Cook, Feb. 26, 1835; m. 2d, Caroline Williams, March 15, 1848.

ANCESTRY OF MARY BRADFORD

William Bradford lived at Austerfield, Yorkshire, Eng., in 1575; buried Jan. 10, 1596. His son, William Bradford, m. Alice, dau. of John Hanson; buried July 15,

1591. His son, Gov. William Bradford, bapt. Mar. 19, 1589 m. 1st, in Amsterdam, Holland, Dec. 9, 1613, Dorthea May, aged 16. They embarked for England July 22, 1620, and set sail from Plymouth in ship Mayflower, with first compny of Pilgrims, Sept. 6, 1620, and landed on Cape Cod, Mass., in Nov., 1620. His wife fell overboard and was drowned at Cape Cod, Dec. 9, 1620. He m. 2d., Aug. 14, 1623, Alice

(Carpenter) Southworth, widow of Edward Southworth, dau. of Alexander Carpenter of Wrentham, England. She d. March 26, 1670, aged 79. William was for many years governor of Plymouth Bay Colony. He d. May 9, 1657. His son , Maj.

William Bradford b. in Plymouth, Mass., June 17, 1624; m. 1st, Alice, dau. of Thomas and Welthean Richards of Waymouth, who d. Dec. 12, 1671; m. 2d, widow Wiswell; m. 3rd, Mrs. Mary, dau. of John Atwood, widow of Rev. John Holmes of Duxbury. She d. June 6, 1715. He was deputy governor, one of Gov. Andros' council and chief military officer of Plymouth Colony. He d. Feb. 20, 1703. (N. Eng. Hist. Gene. Register, Vol. xliii, p. 197.) His only son by second m. was Joseph Bradford, b. 1675; m. Oct. 5, 1698, Anne, b. April, 1675, at Norwich, Conn., dau. of Rev. James Fitch by second wife Priscilla Mason. He settled at Norwich, Conn., removed to Lebanon, Conn., where she d. Oct. 17, 1715; he m. 2d, Mary Sherwood Fitch, and d. in 1744. His son, Capt. John Bradford, b. May 20, 1717 (Ibid., Vol. xiv., p. 175), d. May 10, 1787; m. Mary, dau. of Daniel and Sarah (Sherwood) Fitch, of Norwich, Conn. (b. July, 1745; d. Nov. 15, 1780). They removed from Montville, Conn., to Cornwall, Conn., about 1772. (Hist. of Litchfield Co., 1881, p. 297.) Their dau., Mary Bradford, b. July 14, 1771, m. July 25, 1793, Daniel Sterling, of Cornwall, Conn.

0004 AMY STERLING (dau. of James), b. in Cornwall Conn., May 19, 1771; m. at Cornwall, Ephraim Howe, b. in Waterbury Conn., in March, 1773.

They removed from Cornwall to Bridgewater, Penn., in 1810 and to Brooklyn, Penn., in 1812, where in 1817 he bought a small farm of forty acres. He was the second blacksmith of Brooklyn and, together with his sons, was also a charcoal burner.

He d. in Brooklyn, Sept. 1, 1840.

Children:

0018 Hiram Howe, b. in 1796; m. Sylvia Cheever.

0019 Minerva Howe, b. in 1798; m. Varnam Whitford.

0020 Thomas Howe, was a blacksmith like his father in Brooklyn.

0021 Ephraim Kirby Howe, m. Julia Randall.

0022 Elijah Howe, b. Sept. 30, 1807; m. Lydia Mears.

0023 Mary A. Howe, m. zenas Nichols of Bridgewater, Penn.

0024 James Edward Howe, m. 1st, Lucy Backus, m. 2d, Pamela Converse.

0005 ISAAC STERLING (son of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., June 20, 1773, m. 1st, Urania Johnson, dau. of Capt. Amos Johnson Jr., (1) of Cornwall and Elizabeth Pierce. Capt. Johnson was a wealthy man and opposed his daughter's marriage to a poor man. He eventually became reconciled. Urania d. at his home of consumption, Nov. 19, 1804, and is buried in Cornwall. Isaac m. 2d, Meliscent Bonney, dau. of Asa Bonney (2) and Dorothy Woods of Cornwall. Asa was a son of Perez Bonney of Cornwall, originally of Pembroke, Mass. (Hist. of Litchfield Co., page 293.)

Isaac and Meliscent removed to Brooklyn, Penn., in 1810, where he built a log house north of the Hopbottom creek which they occupied for some years. They eventually settled in Dimock, a township adjoining Brooklyn, where he d. in the fall of 1849; Meliscent d. one month later. They are buried in Dimock without headstones to mark the spot, The family record of Isaac was destroyed.

Children by first marriage:

0025 Isaac Hilliard Sterling, b. May 28, 1799; m. in Goshen, Conn., Oct. 23, 1823, Harriet Emmons.

0026 Heman Bradley Sterling, b. in Cornwall, Conn., Feb. 19, 1802; m. 1st, Harriet Cross, who d. Feb. 28, 1841, m. 2d, Harriet A. Wells Feb. 20, 1842.

0027 Urena Johnson Sterling, b. June 2, 1804; m. Ephraim Gibbs. Sept. 14, 1834.

Children by second marriage:

0028 Joeline Rosseter Sterling, b. in Cornwall, Oct. 25, 1809; m. Jane Baron.

0029 Asa Harmon Sterling, b. in Brooklyn Penn., Sept. 15, 1812; m. Sarah

Houghtling.

0030 Harriet Hannah Sterling, d. in childhood, aged 12 years.

0031 John Armenius Sterling, b. in Brooklyn, in 1818, m. 1st, 1847, Eliza

Houghtling, m. 2d, Lucy Greene, of Benton, Penn.

0032 Daniel Selden Sterling, b. in Brooklyn, April 18, 1824; m. in 1845, Ada Walters.

(1) Capt. Amos Johnson Sr., who came to Cornwall from Branford in 1742, was an officer in the French and Indian wars. His wife, Amy Palmer, was a sister of the Rev. Solomon Palmer, the first settled minister in Cornwall. Capt. Amos Johnson Sr. d. in Cornwall, May 8, 1766, aged 58. His son Capt. Amos Johnson Jr., was an officer in the Revolutionary war. He was a man of great stature, being 6 feet 4 inches tall; he d. in Cornwall, March 5, 1805, aged 73. His wife, Elizabeth Pierce

d. March 24, 1818, aged 81.

(2) Asa Bonney was b. Sept. 17, 1761; m. Dorothy dau. of Dea. Jonathan Woods of New Braintree, Mass. Asa and his wife were people of unusual refinement and education for their time. Both wrote poems of some merit. Wilbur A. Johnson of Cornwall, Conn., a great-grandson of both Amos Johnson and Asa Bonney, had (1909) in his possession the account book of Asa Bonney, mentioned under James Sterling (0001), and forty-eight acrostics upon his name besides some verses composed by Mrs. Dorothy Bonney. Asa Bonney's last acrostic upon his name,

written in 1824, follows:

"And now my seventy-third birthday I view,

So now to time my muse shall bid adieu

And only name the stages we pass through.

Behold, our childhood soon gives place to man,

Our manhood scarcely can be called a span;

Now middle age comes on but soon is gone;

Next old age views its fast declining sun.

Enter our second infancy we must.

Yet, not abiding there we turn to dust !"

0006 NATHANIEL STERLING (son of James), b. in Cornwall, Nov. 1, 1775; m. 1st, Prudy Ann Maples, who d., and is buried at Cornwall; m. 2d, Polly Ann Moss, b. May 26, 1784.

Nathaniel removed with his family to Brooklyn Penn., as early as 1815, where in April , 1817, he bought fifty acres of land on which he settled. He was a farmer. He d. in his 98th year, April 15, 1872. His second wife d. Sept. 7, 1849. They are buried in the Hill cemetery, Brooklyn. Nathaniel m. a 3rd wife, name unknown, by whom he had no issue.

Children by first marriage:

0033 Anna Sterling, b. April 4, 1804; m. Reuben Ring.

0034 Thomas Jefferson Sterling, b. Feb. 26, 1806; m. Caroline S. Wilson.

0035 Sarah Sterling, d. in Brooklyn, unm., Nov. 17, 1883.

0036 Rebecca Sterling, b. in 1813; m. Julius Simons.

Children by second marriage:

0037 Julia Sterling, m. 1st, David Waterman, m. 2d, Levi Updegrove.

0038 Silas P. Sterling, b. Oct. 14, 1816; m. 1st, Clarissa Titus, m. 2d, Almira Taylor.

0039 Eliza Sterling, b. May 21, 1818; m. April 4, 1841, Robert Shappee.

0040 Flora Sterling, m. David Wetherbee, removed to Wisconsin. She was killed in a cyclone in Minnesota about 1890. Had: Amelia, Tracy, and Polly Ann, m. ____Parker.

0041 Rachel Sterling, b. May 14, 1821; m. John Taylor, b. about 1823.

0042 Hannah Wilbur Sterling, b. July 11, 1822; m. in 1843, Alanson Wright.

0007 RACHEL STERLING (dau. of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Jan. 15, 1778; m. 1st, Jedediah Hewitt of Norwich, Conn., (P. 244 Hist. of Susquehanna Co.) They removed to Pennsylvania and settled on the bank of the Wyalusing creek in Bridgewater, Susquehanna Co., in 1801. She passed the later years of her life in Brooklyn, Penn. Rachel m. 2d, ____ Stark, and d. Dec. 24, 1860. She is buried in the Hill cemetery, at Brooklyn.

Children:

0043 John Abel Hewitt, b. Aug. 22, 1803, m. in 1829, Julia A. Fish.

0044 Gurdon E. Hewitt, b. Oct. 26, 1805; m. Elizabeth Stephens.

0045 James S. Hewitt, b. Oct. 16, 1807; m. Feb. 14, 1836, Fanny Fish.

0046 William Hewitt, b. July 19, 1809; m. Delia Lord.

0047 Hannah Hewitt, b. Jan. 31, 1811; m. Jared Baker.

0048 Ann Hewitt, b. March 7, 1813; m. March 15, 1840, Moses Yeomans.

0008 JAMES STERLING JR. (son of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Sept. 10, 1781; m. Abigail Maples, Feb. 6, 1803.

0009 HANNAH STERLING (dau. of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Jan. 7, 1783; m. Jan. 30, 1816, Thomas Lucas, b. in Norfolk, Conn., April 7, 1784, son of John Lucas (b. June 2, 1741; d. June 22, 1814) and his wife Jerusha (d. May 21, 1819).

Thomas Lucas removed to Blanford, Mass., in 1816, and later to Canaan, N.Y. He was a farmer. Hannah d. of cancer of the breast, April 20, 1851, in Chester, Mass., and was buried there. Thomas Lucas d. in Chester, July 31, 1858, and was buried at Blanford. Hannah's body was reinterred by the side of her husband and what was once the headstone of her grave is now the date stone in the gable of a stone house in Chester.

The bible of Hannah Lucas contains the following entries: "Ann Sterling Brown, born Jan. 13, 1805, she was given to me at the age of ten days, She was married, March 10, 1828. Ann Sterling Gibbs, died May 14, 1834, in Blanford, Mass.

Sarah Eliza Sterling was given to us June 15, 1841, when ten days old." (dau. of Heman Bradley Sterling.)

Children:

0049 Heman Stanly Lucas, b. Sept. 10, 1817; m. March 9, 1842, Maria Alzina Kendall. He took the degree of M.D. at Berkshire Institution, Nov. 3, 1841. The last years of his life were spent in the South in mining corundum. He d. at Franklin, N.C., June 20, 1900. No issue.

0050 Mary Eliza Lucas, b. May 4, 1819; m. March 4, 1841, Dyer Ide Wilber, and d. in childbirth, April 20, 1844. The child also d. He m. again and lived at Chester.

0051 John Edwin Lucas, b. April 25, 1821; m. May 17, 1843, Marcia A. Curtiss.

0010 ANNE STERLING (dau. of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., March 23, 1785. (She d. of fever, Jan. 22, 1806.)

0011 SARAH STERLING (dau. of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Dec. 1, 1786. She lived in Cornwall, and d. there. April 15, 1859. (unm.) She is buried in Cornwall, near Urania (Johnson) Sterling, (Isaac's 1st, wife) and Harriet (Cross) Sterling,

(1st, wife of Heman Bradley Sterling.)

0012 SAMUEL STERLING (son of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., April 1, 1793; m. Sept. 1, 1831, Mary Newell of Stamford, N.Y., b. in 1797, dau. of William and Ruth (Wilkinson) Newell of Dutchess Co., N.Y.

Samuel was reared in an atmosphere such severe religious character that his mind rebelled and he became an agnostic and continued such throughout his life. He

enlisted for the War of 1812, but saw no active service. After his marriage he removed to wisconsin and settled at New Berlin. He d. there sept. 21, 1881.

Children born in Cornwall:

0052 Frederick Sterling, b. Aug. 17, 1832; m. Aug. 6, 1863, Sarah Delphine baker (no. 0225).

0053 Joanna Sterling, b. Nov. 13, 1834; m. Oct. 3, 1872, Louis C. Manning of New York; lived in Rocky Ford, Colorado; no issue.

0054 Walter Sterling, b, Aug. 12, 1836; m. Oct. 14, 1878, Margaret Deisner.

0055 Annis Sterling, b. Sept. 21, 1838; unm.; lived in Denver, Colorado.

0013 JAMES WILLIAM STERLING (son of Thomas, grandson of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., in March, 1791; m. in Jan., 1813, Betsey Tewksbury, b. Jan. 4, 1795, dau. of Jacob Tewksbury (who came from Vermont) by his second wife, Mary Reed.

James, commonly called by his second name William, migrated to Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Penn., in the spring of 1811, when in his twenty-first year. He made the journey on foot, with a knapsack on his back. He worked that summer chopping and clearing the trees from the land on which he later built his home. In the fall he returned to Connecticut and came back in the following spring with his father and mother. The father bought the land and deeded it to James in 1819. James was a farmer, and like his father and grandfather was a Quaker. He d. June 13, 1864. Betsey (or Elizabeth) Sterling d. June 3, 1877. They are buried in the old cemetery, in Brooklyn.

Children born in Brooklyn:

0056 Mary Sterling, b. April 21, 1814; m. Feb. 1, 1835, Michael Belcher.Albert G. Sterling, b. Dec. 16, 1815; m. Oct. 31, 1836, Clarissa Gay.

0058 Hannah E. Sterling, b. May 15, 1817; m. Nathan Lathrop.

0059 James Sterling, b. Jan. 15, 1819; m. 1st, Sophia Rease, June 12, 1842. He m. 2d, Jan. 15, 1855, Amanda Young.

0060 Paulina Sterling, b. April 5, 1821; m. Thomas Oakley.

0061 George Walker Sterling, b. July 20, 1823; m. Lucy G. Garland, June 20, 1850.

0062 Enoch Sterling, b. April 30, 1825; m. Mary Langstaff.

0063 William Penn Sterling, b. Jan. 21, 1827; m. Caroline C. Robinson, Oct. 22, 1850.

0064 Thomas Sterling, b. Jan 10, 1830; m. 1st, Maria L. Merritt, m. 2d, Eunice Squires.

0065 Daniel Norton Sterling, b. March 10, 1832; m. Mary Murray, Nov. 25, 1855.

0066 Smith Stephen Sterling, b. Sept. 30, 1834; m. 1st, Maria Van Housen, m. 2d, Mary Hibbard. He d. Oct. 23, 1875. No issue. His widow m. 2d, John Tewksbury of Auburn, Penn.

0014 DANIEL FITCH STERLING (son of Daniel, grandson of James), b. Sept. 12, 1797; was twice m. each time to a widow. Lived in Rome, N. Y. He d. Oct. 11, 1869, without issue.

0015 LIEUT. COL. JAMES STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 25, 1800; m. in Antwerp, N.Y., Oct. 9, 1826, Annis Coleman, b. May 23, 1809, dau. of Mary Richardson (Bullock) Coleman (b. in Guilford Vt., 1781; d. Oct. 18, 1865).

James Sterling's physical development was remarkable. He weighed forty pounds when ten months old and two hundred pounds at the age of fourteen. At this early age he was made a corporal in a local militia company and was sent with a squad of men to Brownville, about twenty-two miles distant, to assist in repelling an invasion of the British at that point during the War of 1812. When his men came

within sound of the firing, some of them showed signs of fear, and their young officer reprimanded them and said he would take them into action if he had to carry them in a wagon. A Sterling, given name not mentioned, was Lieut. Col. of the militia company belonging to the 55th Regt., in Jefferson Co., prior to 1820. this was probably James. (Military Records of N.Y., 1903.) After his marriage, James removed to Rossie, St. Lawrence Co., then back to Jefferson Co., to Redwood, and finally back to Antwerp, there he purchased a fine propery in the township of

Philadelphia, where he built up a village, given the name of Sterlingville, where he resided until his death.

In 1836 he purchased the Hopestill Foster land which contained the afterwards famous Sterling Iron Mines. In 1840 he organized the Philadelphia Iron Company and established a blast furnace at Sterlingville. Here the famous cold blast charcoal pig-iron was made, which for many years was known in the market as "Sterling Iron." In 1844 he established a second furnace at Sterlingburg, about a mile east of Antwerp Village, and soon after purchased the furnace property at Wegatchie, in St. Lawrence Co., In 1852 he purchased of Isaac Lippencott the entire village of Sterling Bush and 4500 acres of land in Lewis Co. His business had now grown to very extensive proportions and James Sterling was known as "The Iron King of Northern New York." He also did a large lumbering business. The pay-roll at his different mines and furnaces embraced as many as a thousand names and the money he distributed in wages enabled hundreds of farmers to pay for their lands.

The N. Y. Reformer of Jan. 22, 1857, said of him: "He is truly one of the most useful great men of the Empire State and one of whom the State may well be proud.

It is such men as Mr. Sterling that raise the State to its proud position among the sovereign states of the Union." Like his father, James was a very large man physically. He stood six feet, three inches, and at his best weighed 396 pounds. He d. at Sterlingville, N. Y., July 23, 1863. Mrs. Annis Sterling d. there April 6, 1875.

Children:

0067 Mary Bradford Sterling, b. April 12, 1830; m. May 27, 1851, George W. Clark, who d. in July, 1886. Mrs. Clark was a woman of fine intellectual attainments, the author of two books and other works. Through great

personal exertions and liberal contributions from her own means, she secured funds and erected Trinity Chapel at Great Bend N. Y., and the Mission of the Redeemer at Watertown, N. Y. She d. at Cedar Rapids, Ia., March 16, 1901. No issue.

0068 Alexander Pliny Sterling, b. Sept. 21, 1832; m. Elizabeth Garnham, May 10, 1853.

0069 James Sterling, b. March 10, 1836; m. 1st, Julia Clark Burlingame, Oct. 2, 1855, she d. July 8, 1863; James m. 2d, Margaret M. Moore, July 23, 1885.

0070 Julia Annis Sterling, b. Aug. 14, 1838; m. 1st, Feb 8, 1865, Lewis Henry Mills, he d. Dec. 25, 1889. Julia m. 2d, Sept. 14, 1897, Martin Rugg.

0071 Jane Antoinette Sterling, b. Jan. 23, 1841; m. John Mackinlay, March 28, 1875.

0072 Rochester Hungerford Sterling, b. July 4, 1844; m. Catharine Essington, July 20, 1867.

0073 Daniel Boone Sterling, b. May 27, 1847; d. at Great Bend, N. Y., Feb 2, 1878, unm.

0074 May Lippard Sterling, b. Aug. 9, 1849; d. in the summer of 1862.

0075 George Sherman Sterling, b. Jan., 1852; d. in infancy.

0076 Joseph Nathaniel Sterling, b. Aug. 3, 1854; m. Ola Hall of Waucoma, Ia. He was an isurance agent at Cedar Rapids, Ia. No issue.

0016 JOHN RILEY STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Norwich, Conn. May 20, 1802; m. Jan. 27, 1828, Roxanna Church, b. in Chesterfield, N. H., Dec. 9, 1807, dau. of Ezra and Mercy (Farr) Church of Antwerp, N. Y.

John R. Sterling was a prominent farmer near Antwerp, occupying some 400 acres of land, the homestead of his father. He d. May 2, 1867. His widow d. June 14, 1890.

Children:

0077 Howard Sterling, b. Nov. 8, 1828; m. Elizabeth Prudence Bigelow, June 12, 1855.

0078 Bradford Sterling, b. Feb. 7, 1832; he was a farmer, occupying the old

homestead until about 1891, when he removed to Gouverneur, N. Y., where he lived until his death, Dec. 7, 1901; unm.

0079 Frances Elizabeth Sterling, b. April 2, 1835; d. Feb. 13, 1844.

0080 James Lloyd Sterling, b. June 4, 1838; m. Mariette Wait, Dec. 25, 1863.

0081 Jane S. Sterling, b. Sept. 18, 1840; m. Feb. 1,, 1869, Allan M. MacGregor, a lawer of Antwerp. No issue.

0082 Ella Therese Sterling, b. Oct. 17, 1848; m. Simeon H. Austin, Nov. 19, 1890.

0083 Julia Anna Sterling, b. Jan. 1, 1852; m. John C. McCartin, July 25, 1873.

0017 SAMUEL GRISWOLD STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Antwerp,

N. Y., June 26, 1809 (the first male white child born within the present limits of the town); m. 1st, Feb 26, 1835, Adeline Cook of Antwerp; m. 2d, March 15, 1848, Caroline Williams, b. Aug. 4, 1827.

Samuel was associated with his brother James in the iron business for some years. He later became a farmer at Sterlingville, N. Y., where he d. Aug. 22, 1885.

Children by second marriage:

0084 Adeline Sterling b. in Sterlingville, Jan. 7, 1849; d. June 6, 1890, unm.

0085 Annis Sterling, b. Nov. 23, 1850; m. Robert Allen Essigton, Sept. 3, 1872.

0086 Dan Sterling, b. Nov. 20, 1852; m. Florence Mayne, Oct. 8, 1884.

0087 Howard Sterling, b. in Sterlingville, Jan. 13, 1854; d. May 8, 1865.

0088 Mary Bradford Sterling, b. Oct. 28, 1856; m. James Seaman, Feb. 15, 1882.

0089 John Riley Sterling, b. Jan. 20, 1859; m. Sarah Evans, Oct. 30, 1881.

0018 HIRAM HOWE (son of Amy, grandson of James), b. in Cornwall Conn., in 1796; m. Sylvia Cheever, b. in 1800. He d. at Jessup, Penn., in 1865. She d. in 1883.

Children:

0090 Lydia Howe.

0091 Ephraim P. Howe, a Union sodier, d. in 1889.

0092 Amy Howe.

0093 Cyrus Howe, of Jessup, was a soldier for three years.

0094 Nancy Howe.

0095 Nathan Howe, a Union soldier, killed near Raleigh, N. C.

0019 MINERVA HOWE (sister of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn. in 1798; m. Varnam Whitford, b. in 1799, Lived in Brooklyn, Penn., for many years, then removed to Jessup, Penn., where he d. in 1857. She d. in 1883; they are both buried in Hopbottom.

Children:

0096 Salina Whitford, m. John D. Farnam of Brooklyn; had Zenas and other issue.

0097 Volney Whitford.

0098 Benjamin Whitford, a physician in Massachusetts.Hannah Whitford, m. George Miles, son of Parker and Parminne (Smith) Miles of Hopbottom.

0100 Lydia Whitford, m. a Mr. Waterman.

0101 Adnah Whitford, a Union soldier, killed at Petersburg.

0020 THOMAS HOWE (Brother of the above), he was a blacksmith like his father in Brooklyn.

0021 EPHRAIM KIRBY HOWE (brother of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn.; m. Julia Randall, b. in Feb., 1806, dau, of Stephen and Phebe Randall of Brooklyn. He was a shoemaker; d. in Hopbottom. She d. in the West, May 28, 1891.

Children:

0102 Betsey Howe, b. in 1829; m. George H. Baker.

0103 Lucy Howe, m. Brigham Reed.

0104 Mary Howe, m. Charles E. Crandall, son of Asa and Rhoda (Tewksbury) Crandall of Brooklyn.

0105 Emma Howe.

0106 Frances Howe, m. R. Reed.

0107 Lucetta Howe, m. a Mr. Thayer.

0108 Alfred Howe.

0022 ELIJAH HOWE (brother of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Sept. 30, 1807; m. Lydia Mears of Catwissa, Penn.

Children:

0109 James E. Howe, b. in June, 1833; lived at Great Bend, Penn.; m. and had four children.

0110 William M. Howe, b. Feb. 22, 1835; d. in Oregon.

0111 John T. Howe, b. Sept. 30, 1837; m. and had two children: Mildred and Joseph A. S. Lived at Scranton, Penn.; alderman of the seventeenth ward.

0023 MARY A. HOWE (sister of the above), m. Zenas Nichols of Bridgewater, Penn.

0024 JAMES EDWARD HOWE (brother of the above), m. 1st, Lucy Backus, b. June, 1807, who d. Feb. 27, 1834; m. 2d, Pamela Converse, b. in 1825, dau. of Augustus and Sibyl (Smith) Converse of Brooklyn, natives of Windham Co.. Conn. She d. in Brooklyn, Oct. 8, 1888. James was a charcoal burner and farmer in Brooklyn, Penn. He d. in Nicholson, Penn.

Child by first marriage:

0112 Eunice Howe, b. Jan. 13, 1832; m. Alvin Day, and d. March 23, 1856, leaving a son, Edwin L. Day of Nicholson, Penn.

0025 ISAAC HILLIARD STERLING (son of Isaac, grandson of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., May 28, 1799; m. in Goshen, Conn., Oct. 23, 1823, Harriet Emmons, b. at Catskill, N. Y. Sept. 16, 1803, dau. of Lehman and Ursula (Beach) Emmons.

Isaac removed to Brooklyn, Penn., with his father in 1810. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in connection with farming. He lived all his life in Brooklyn (where he held some local offices), with exception of a few years spent in the West. He d. there Oct. 15, 1882. Mrs. Sterling d. Jan. 15, 1888.

Children born in Brooklyn:

0113 Amos Sterling, b. July 14, 1824; d. Oct. 7, 1847.

0114 Ansel Sterling, b. Oct. 8, 1825; m. 1st, Lucina Kent; m. 2d, Josephine Miles.

0115 James H. Sterling, b. May 25, 1827; m. Mary Brown, Dec. 23, 1854.

0116 Charles Sterling, b. March 11, 1830; d. Aug. 30, 1840.

0117 Herman Sterling, b. Oct. 1831; m. Frances Stroud, dau. of John and Elvira (Kingsley) Stroud of Brooklyn. Mr. Sterling went to Illinois about 1852

and settled in Whiteside Co. He aquired a large farm and accumulated a considerable estate. Mr. Sterling retired and lived at Sterling, Ill. No issue.

0118 Ralph Sterling, b. May 7, 1833; m. 1st, Sept. 15, 1858, Amy L. Kent, b. Dec. 30, 1837, dau. of Henry Wallace and Rhoda (Palmer) Kent, who d. Jan. 18, 1900; m. 2d, Oct. 13, 1901, Mrs. Delilah (Smith) White of Brooklyn, Penn., b. Sept. 9, 1852, dau. of James M. and Mary (Miricle) Smith, widow of William White, by whom she had one dau. Mr. Sterling was a farmer in Brooklyn, Penn. No issue.

0119 Harriet L. Sterling, b. June 1, 1836; d. June 1, 1837.

0120 Harriet Sterling, b. April 18, 1838; m. Philander S. Babcock; lived in the West.

0121 Charles M. Sterling, b. July 26, 1840; m. Katharine Hullinger, Oct. 30, 1877.

0122 Julia Sterling, b. May 9, 1842; unm. lived at Parker, S. Dak.

0123 Ursula Urena Sterling, b. Feb. 18, 1844; m. John M. Roper, Sept. 12, 1865.

0026 HEMAN BRADLEY STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Feb. 19, 1802; m. 1st, Harriet Cross, dau. of Annie (McAlpin) Cross. Harriet d. Feb. 28, 1841, age 35, and is buried at Cornwall. Heman m. 2d, Feb. 20, 1842, Harriet A. Wells, b. March 22, 1820, dau. of Wesley and Olive (Hutchinson) Wells of Cornwall. Heman, commonly called Bradley, was a carpenter in Cornwall. He later

removed to Goshen, Conn. He d. May 5, 1883, Harriet d. April 10, 1892. They are both buried at the Center cemetery in Goshen, Conn.

Children by first marriage:

0124 Mary Sterling, d, aged 19.

0125 Julia Sterling, m. Alonzo Myers of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and d., in Aug. 1872. She had: Emma, Alonzo, George, (d. young), William, (d. young), Edgar, and Kingwood.

0126 Edgar C. Sterling, b. Feb, 20, 1838.

0127 Harriet Annie Sterling, b. Jan. 4, 1840; m. 1st, Henry Barnes, 2d, Milton R. Wheeler.

0128 Sarah Eliza Sterling, b. June 5, 1841; reared by her great aunt Hannah Lucas; d. aged 19.

Children by second marriage:

0129 James B. Sterling, b, Dec. 20, 1842; enlisted Sept. 7, 1861, in Co. E, 7th Conn. Vols.; wounded Feb. 20, 1864, in the battle of Oulestee, Florida; d. of wounds, Feb. 25,1864, at Beaufort S. C.

0130 Flora Jane Sterling, b. Aug. 9, 1844; m. Oct. 29, 1862, Elkanah Martin.

0131 John Heman Sterling, b. May 27, 1846; m. 1st, in 1870, Ellen J. Thayer, m. 2d, Nov. 6, 1880, at Goshen Conn., Josephine Cottrell

0132 Emma A. Sterling, b. Aug. 16, 1855; m. in Cornwall, Conn., Oct. 15, 1874, George L. Howe.

0027 URENA JOHNSON STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn., June 2, 1804; m. in Canaan, N. Y. (at the home of her aunt Hannah (Sterling) Lucas, Sept. 14, 1834, Ephraim Gibbs, b. in Blanford, Hampden Co., Mass., Sept. 22, 1804, son of Abner and Elizabeth (Cannon) Gibbs of Blanford.

Both Urena and her husband taught school in their younger days. He was a farmer at Otis, Berkshire Co., Mass. He was an ensign in the militia and held the offices of Asessor, tax collector, constable, and selectman. He d. in Otis, June 14, 1885. She d. April 20, 1889.

Children born in Blanford:

0133 Dorliska A. Gibbs, b. Dec. 24, 1835; m. May 28, 1862, William L Spear.

0134 Oscar K. Gibbs, b. Mar. 9, 1837; unm; Lived on his fathers farm.

0135 Oranzo F. Gibbs, b. Dec. 8, 1838; d. in Otis, Aug. 23, 1841.

Children born in Otis:

0136 Nancy U. Gibbs, b. May 13, 1840; m. Nov. 11, 1861, Henry B. White.

0137 Sophronia A. Gibbs, b. May 17, 1842; m. Nov. 15, 1871, Hugh C. Clark.

0138 Mary A. Gibbs, b. Dec. 20, 1844; unm; Lived on the old homestead.

0139 Franklin O. Gibbs, b. Mar. 4, 1847; unm; He was a farmer at Otis.

0140 Elam L. Gibbs, b. July 1, 1849; m. Rosa C. Stowell.

0141 Samuel C. Gibbs, b. May 18, 1855; unm; He was a farmer at East Otis.

0028 JOELINE ROSSITER STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Oct. 25, 1809; m. Jane Baron, b. in Tomkins, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1812, dau. of Alexander and Phebe (Leonard) Baron. (Alexander m. first, Ruth, dau. of Asa and Harriet Bonney, sister of Joeline's mother, and had William, John, and a dau. who lived in Wisconsin. Alexander lived in Bridgewater, Penn.) Joeline was a boat builder for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. He removed from Sullivan Co.,

N. Y., to Honesdale, Penn., in 1839, where he d. of typhus fever in Aug., 1841. His widow m. 2d, July 4, 1843, Alva Noble, b. in Blanford, Mass., July 16, 1791, son of John Noble. He m. first, Maria Amelia Buell, by whom he had 11 children. By her 2d. marriage Jane had Benjamin F., b. Sept. 16, 1844, d. Sept. 29, 1848; Silas G. , b. Sept. 14, 1846, d. Sept. 16, 1848; Alva J., b. Oct. 11, 1848; Sophia J., b. Sept 27, 1850; and Isabel, b. Dec. 3, 1854, d. Jan. 7, 1858. Jane d. at Damascus, Penn., Dec. 25, 1879.

Children:

0142 Phebe Urena Sterling, b. Oct. 14, 1833; m. 1st, Oct. 25, 1855, William Sears; m. 2d, Sept. 2, 1866, Elijah B. Sheard

0143 Martin Van Buren Sterling, b. Nov. 25, 1835; he was an epileptic, he was found dead in a field in 1863; unm.

0144 Harriet Milicent Sterling, b. Jan. 10, 1838; m. Jan. 17, 1856, Lemuel F.

Benedict.

0145 Ruth Ann Sterling, b. in Honesdale, Jan. 3, 1841; m. in Nov., 1860, A. R. Lounsbury, who d. in 1880. She lived in Philadelphia. No issue.

0029 ASA HARMON STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., Sept. 15, 1812; m. in Carbondale, Penn., April 8, 1838, Sarah Houghtling, b. in Oneonta, Otsego Co., N. Y., Dec. 15, 1820, dau. of James and Maria (Youngs) Houghtling, sister of Eliza, who m. John Armenius Sterling, (Asa's brother). James Youngs, father of Maria, was a Revolutionary soldier. Asa, commonly called Harmon, was a farmer at Greenfield, Lenox, and Brooklyn, Penn. He d. at his daughter Essa's, April 24, 1904.

Children:

0146 Jabez S. Sterling, b. June 27, 1839; m. 1st, Aug. 20, 1865, Mary E. Tourje; m. 2d, July 4, 1877, Julia C. Dickerson.

0147 Harmon B. Sterling, b. Oct. 21, 1841; d. Nov. 19, 1842.

0148 Essa J. Sterling, b. Feb. 4, 1844; m. July 4, 1867, Harvey A. Tewksbury.

0149 James P. Sterling, b. Mar. 8, 1846; d. April 21, 1864.

0150 Ellen E. Sterling, b. Aug. 15, 1848; d. April 22, 1864.

0151 Minnie M. Sterling, b. Sept. 1, 1851; d. Mar. 29, 1864.

0152 Frank W. Sterling b. July 28, 1854; d. April 22, 1862.

0153 George V. Sterling, b. Feb. 14, 1857; He was a farm superintendent in N. Y. State; unm.

0154 Herbert E. Sterling, b. Oct. 1, 1859; d. April 26, 1864. (Four children d. within a month, spring of 1864, of diptheria).

0155 Charles H. Sterling, b. Aug. 6, 1862; m. May 18, 1892, Isabella Sloat.

0030 HARRIET HANNAH STERLING (sister of the above), She d. in Brooklyn, Penn., aged 12.

0031 JOHN ARMENIUS STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn in 1818; m. 1st, in 1847, Eliza Houghtling, b. in 1825, sister of Sarah, who m. Asa Harmon Sterling, (John's brother); he m. 2d, Lucy, dau. of Daniel Greene of Benton, Penn.

Children by first marriage:

0156 James Isaac Alexander Sterling, d. in infancy.

0157 Sarah Jane Sterling, d. in infancy.

0158 James Bradley Sterling; m. 1st, Ida Brown, 2d._____.

0159 A dau., d. in infancy; Eliza d. at its birth.

Children by second marriage (several names unknown):

0160 Victoria Sterling.

0161 Viola Sterling.

0032 DANIEL SELDEN STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., April 18, 1824; m. in 1845, Ada Walters, b. Jan. 1, 1823.

Daniel S. Sterling enlisted Aug. 19, 1862, in battery M, 112th Regt., Penn. Vols., the 2d Artillery. He served nearly three years and was mustered out with his

company, June 20, 1865.

Daniel was a carpenter at Thompson, Susquehanna Co., Penn. He d. March 11, 1894. His wife d. July 27, 1894.

Children:

0162 Hattie E. Sterling, b. Jan. 4, 1846; m. May 19, 1863, Henry Titus.

0163 Cynthia U. Sterling, b. in 1848; d. in 1856.

0164 George E. Sterling, b. and d. in 1851.

0165 Frank C. Sterling, b. May 1, 1855; m. May 1, 1881, Mrs. Arthalia (Sprague) Welsh.

0033 ANNA STERLING (dau. of Nathaniel, granddaughter of James), b. in Litchfield Co., Conn., April 4, 1804; m. Reuben French Ring, b. in Mass., Jan. 22, 1801 (his mother was Nancy Reed of Vermont), who removed from Vermont

to Brooklyn, Penn., about 1825. He was a tanner and currier. She d. in Brooklyn, Feb. 2, 1866. He was killed by the cars near Hopbottom, Penn., Thanksgiving Day, 1876.

Children:

0166 Reuben F. Ring, b. Oct. 22, 1834; m. Nov. 19, 1855, Helen M. Nickerson.

0167 David J. Ring, b. April 7, 1841; m. Emugene G. Hewitt (No. 0218).

0034 THOMAS JEFERSON STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Feb. 26, 1806; m. in Brooklyn, Penn., Nov. 3, 1828, Carolina Sophronia Wilson, b. June 20, 1812, dau. of Dimock and Milly (Tarbox) Wilson. Dimock came from Coventry, Tolland Co., Conn., to Brooklyn in 1817. He m. in 1811, Milly, dau. of Jonathan and Lydia (Bill) Tarbox. He was a son of Jacob Wilson (b. Mar. 20, 1750; d. Sept. 30, 1826), who m. 1st, Dec. 12, 1771, Hannah, dau. of Elder Davis Dimock of Montrose, Penn. (d. Sept. 29, 1789; aged 37). Jacob, a son of William and Sarah (Rust) Wilson of Coventry. Thomas Jefferson Sterling d. in Brooklyn, Penn., Sept. 20, 1834. His widow m. 2d, in 1838, Josiah Lord of Lathrop, Penn., who d. Sept. 26, 1848. By him she had Enoch W., Julia S. (Mrs. Erless P. Ely), Georgiana W. (Mrs. Miller) and George W., twins, and Dimock J. George W. m. Sarah Wright (No. 0437). Mrs. Carolina Lord d. Feb. 8, 1901.

Children:

0168 Collins M. Sterling, b. April 20, 1830; m. July 20, 1882, Clementine A. Taylor.

0169 Harriet S. Sterling, m. Jacob Whitman.

0170 Milly Ann Sterling, d. young.

0035 SARAH STERLING (sister of the above), d. in Brooklyn, unm., Nov. 17, 1883.

0036 REBECCA STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn., in 1813; m. Julius Simons, b. in Vermont in 1811, son of Levi and Sally (Wright) Simons. They both lived in Brooklyn, Penn., where he was a common laborer. She d. in 1872. He d.

Aug. 25, 1894.

Children:

0171 Fidelia Sarah Simons, b. Dec. 25, 1834; m. Oct. 1, 1852, Lester Wright.

0172 Henry Simons, d. in infancy.

0173 Martha Simons, b. Sept. 15, 1843; m. Henry Brown.

0174 Levi Simons, d. in infancy.

0037 JULIA STERLING (sister of the above), m. 1st, David Waterman. He had by a previous marriage George and Horace. He lived at Kirkwood, Broome Co., N. Y., where he was a farmer. He d. about 1856. She m. 2d Levi Updegrove.

Children by first marriage:

0175 Alice Waterman, adopted and reared by a family who removed to N. Y. City.

0176 Albert Clark Waterman, b. Aug. 6, 1852; m. Jan. 1, 1873, Frances C. Krum.

0177 Eunice M. Waterman, m. Charles Fish.

0178 Laura Ann Waterman, b. Feb. 1, 1855; m. Millard F. Decker. (These four children were adopted into different families and reared without any

knowledge of their parents or each other.)

0038 SILAS P. STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., Oct. 14, 1816; m. 1st, Mar. 23, 1841, Clarissa Titus, b. Jan. 29, 1824, dau. of Preston and Triphena (Whitney) Titus of Harford, Penn., who d. June 11, 1849; m. 2d, Sept. 21, 1852, Almira Taylor, b. May 28, 1834, dau. of David and Lydia (Rought) Taylor of Nicholson, Penn.

Silas Was a farmer in Brooklyn. He d. Aug. 12, 1892.

Children by first marriage:

0179 Charles J. Sterling, b. Dec. 1, 1844; m. May 22, 1870 Leanora Shafer.

0180 Adah L. Sterling, b. July 16, 1847; m. March 19, 1865, Thomas M. Maynard.

0181 Lucy A. Sterling, b. June 4, 1849; m. Jan. 31, 1867, George D. Hart.

Children by second marriage:

0182 Clarissa J. Sterling, b. Jan. 7, 1854; m. June 15, 1874, George C. Johnson.

0183 Sarah A. Sterling, b. April 23, 1863; m. Fred Whitman (no. 0436).

0039 ELIZA STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, May 21, 1818; m. April 4, 1841, Robert Shappee, b. Dec. 18, 1816, a farmer, lived during his latter years near Binghamton, N. Y.

Eliza d. Dec. 28, 1873. Robert d. Dec. 27, 1897.

Children:

0184 Mary K. Shappee, b. Jan. 12, 1842; m. Aug. 12, 1861, Samuel Oakley.

0185 Robert Henry Shappee, b. June 2, 1844; d. Oct. 27, 1862.

0186 Garry D. Shappee, b. Nov. 14, 1846; m. April 17, 1872, Mrs. Caroline

Carpenter (nee Titus).

0187 William Edgar Shappee, b. Feb. 25, 1848; d. March 28, 1869.

0188 George N. Shappee, b. Nov. 27, 1853; m. July 4, 1878, Harriet E. Burns.

0040 FLORA STERLING (sister of the above), m. David Wetherbee, removed to Wisconsin. She was killed in a cyclone in Minnesota about 1890. Had: Amelia, Tracey, and Polly Ann, who m. ____ Parker.

0041 RACHEL STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, May 14, 1821; m. John G. Taylor, b. about 1823, son of Thomas and Emma (Daley) Taylor. John Taylor served in the First (N. Y.) Lincoln Cavalry in the Civil War, from Feb. 23, 1864, to June 27, 1865. He d. in Oct., 1883. Rachel d. Aug. 25, 1893.

Chilren:

0189 Edward Taylor, b. Dec. 3 1848; m. May 19, 1869, Hannah Green.

0190 Lucilla A. Taylor, d. unm.

0191 John Taylor, b. Aug. 26, 1859; m. in 1891 Anna; Burbank.

0192 Henry Taylor, b. Dec. 30, 1861; unm.

0193 Oscar Taylor, b. Sept. 30, 1863 ; m. Nov. 9, 1892, Mrs. Lizzie Judson.

0042 HANNAH WILBUR STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, July 11, 1822; m. in 1843, AlansonWright, b. April 30, 1805, son of Wise (b. Feb. 5, 1783; d. July 10, 1854) and Lovisa (Shephard) Wright (b. Jan. 3, 1789; d. April 12, 1862),

natives of Somers, Tolland Co., Conn.; grandson of Capt. Samuel Wright (d. 1829, aged 78 yrs.), a Revolutionary soldier, and his wife, Azuba (d. 1824, aged 73 yrs.). Alanson Wright was a carpenter at Hopbottom (township of Brooklyn), Penn., living on the farm of his father, where he was born. He d. July 2, 1897. Hannah d. Nov. 11, 1882.

Children:

0194 Ellen Eugenia Wright, b. June 6, 1845; m. April 11, 1863, Thomas E. Penny.

0195 Edward Emerson Wright, b. Dec. 9, 1848; m. Mary Gavitt, dau. of Stephen S. and Emeline (Miles) Gavitt. He was killed while razing the old Universalist church building in Brooklyn. No issue.

0196 Esther Evelyn Wright, b. Dec. 1, 1851; d. Jan. 14, 1852.

0197 Edgar Eugene Wright. b. May 8, 1853; m. Jennie May, dau. of William p. Crandall, and have one child, Edith, who m. Russell Phillips. They lived at

Hopbottom, Penn.

0043 JOHN ABEL HEWITT (son of Rachel, grandson of James), b. in Bridgewater, Penn., Aug. 22, 1803; m. in 1829 Julia A. Fish, b. March 14, 1806, dau. of Anthony (d. Oct. 1, 1854, aged 88) and Hannah (Chipman) Fish (d. June 3, 1856, aged 84), natives of Groton, Conn. Mr. Hewitt, commonly called Abel, moved to Brooklyn, Penn., in 1819. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed.

He was a prominent citizen, being constable, 1827 and 1832, auditor, town clerk, justice of the peace and county commissioner. He removed to Carbon Co. in 1847 and to Coplay, Lehigh Co., Penn., in 1868, where he resided with his dau., Mrs. Balliet. Mrs. Hewitt d. Feb. 27, 1876. He d. May 18, 1891.

Children, born in Brooklyn:

0198 Adeline H. Hewitt, d. young.

0199 Ellen R. Hewitt, m. William Andrews and d. without issue.

0200 Jane Hewitt, m. Thomas Dougherty; had a number of children.

0201 William H. Hewitt, d. unm.; a soldier in the War of the Rebellion.

0202 Francene Hewitt, m. Albert P. Balliet.

0044 GURDON E. HEWITT (brother of the above), b. Oct. 26, 1805; m. Elizabeth Stephens. Lived in Montrose. Penn., for a time, then migrated to the West.

Children:

0203 Jedediah Hewitt.

0204 Jerusha Hewitt, m. Edward Oakley, and had a dau. who lived in Binghampton, N. Y.

0205 William Hewitt.

0206 Jefferson Hewitt.

0207 Decatur Hewitt.

0208 Helen Hewitt, m. Daniel Oakley.

0209 Marion Hewitt.

0210 Martha Hewitt.

0211 Frances Hewitt.

0212 Wallace Hewitt.

0213 Byron Hewitt.

0045 JAMES S. HEWITT (brother of the above), b. in Bridgewater, Penn., Oct. 16, 1807; m. Feb. 14, 1836, Fanny Fish, b. in Groton, Conn., Feb. 13, 1811, dau. of Anthonony and Hannah (Chipman) Fish, who moved to Brooklyn in the fall of 1814.

James Hewitt removed to Brooklyn about 1822. He was a carpenter and a farmer. He d. April 30, 1875. she d. July 27, 1898.

Children:

0214 Mary Hewitt, b. Nov. 28, 1836; d. Oct. 20, 1855.

0215 Charles Hewitt, b. Dec. 10, 1837; d. Jan. 3, 1838.

0216 Catharine Hewitt, b. Dec. 10, 1837; d. Dec. 30, 1837. (Charles and Catharine were twins)

0217 Adelaide Hewitt, b. Aug. 4, 1841; m. Jan. 18, 1867, George Brown; had two ch., now deceased; one m. and left a ch. She lived at Mystic, Conn.

0218 Emugene G. Hewitt, b. Oct. 25, 1843; m. David J. Ring (no. 0167).

0219 George R. Hewitt, b. Nov. 30, 1846; d. Feb. 24, 1864.

0220 Charles A. Hewitt, b. May 14, 1850; m. Katharine Van Orsdale and resided on the farm of his father.

0046 WILLIAM HEWITT (brother of the above), b. in Bridgewater, July 19, 1809; m. Delia Lord; Lived in Brooklyn N. Y.

Children:

0221 Rachel Hewitt, m. Peter Saniman.

0222 Orlando Hewitt, d. unm.

0223 Stanley Hewitt. d. unm.

0047 HANNAH HEWITT (sister of the above), b. in Bridgewater, Jan. 31, 1811; m. Jared Baker, b. in Groton, Conn., in 1810, son of Elisha and Susanna (Avery) Baker of Brooklyn, Penn. (Jared's brother George, m. Betsey, dau. of Ephraim K. Howe, no. 0102). Mr. Baker was a wholesale fish dealer in Fulton Market, N. Y. City; he d. May 11, 1876. Hannah d. July 28, 1866.

Children:

0224 William Baker, m. June 25, 1861, Laura E. Lawrence.

0225 Sarah Delphine Baker, m. Frederick Sterling (no. 0052).

0226 Emma Baker, m. Doniphan of Brooklyn, and had a son Arthur.

0048 ANN HEWITT (sister of the above), b. in Bridgewater, March 7, 1813; m. March 15, 1840, Moses B. Yeomans, b. Aug. 24, 1811, son of Joseph (d. Oct. 14, 1870, aged 84, son of Samuel and Sarah (Bromley) Yeomans, who moved to Brooklyn in 1806) and Anna (Tingley) Yeomans (d. Dec. 8, 1843, aged 51).

Mr. Yeomans was a farmer in Brooklyn. He d. Feb 10, 1858. Ann d. Feb. 10, 1891.

Children:

0227 Joseph O. Yeomans, Oct. 9, 1841; m. Oct. 1868, Caroline McKeeby.

0228 Sarah A. Yeomans, b. Oct. 25, 1843; m. July 3, 1878, Orrin W. Hinkley, and d. May 13, 1890, without issue.

0229 John M. Yeomans, b. July 8, 1852; unm.; He was a cook in a hotel at New Milford, Penn.

0049 HEMAN STANLEY LUCAS, M.D. (son of Hannah, grandson of James), b. in Blanford, Mass., Sept. 10, 1817; m. March 9, 1842, Maria Alzina Kendall. He took the degree of M.D. at Berkshire Institution, Nov. 3, 1841. The last years of his life were spent in the South in mining corundum. He d. at Franklin, N. C., June 20, 1900. No issue.

0050 MARY ELIZA LUCAS (sister of the above), b. in Blanford, Mass., May 4, 1819; m. March 4, 1841, Dyer Ide Wilber, and d. in childbirth, April 20, 1844. The child also d. He m. again and lived at Chester.

0051 JOHN EDWIN LUCAS, M.D. (brother of the above), b. in Blanford, Mass., April 25, 1821; m. May 17, 1843, Marcia A. Curtiss, b. in Sheffield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1819, dau. of Elias and Hannah (Burrell) Curtiss. John E. Lucas educated himself

and was admitted a physician of the homeopathic school. He enjoyed a lucrative practice. He d. in Springfield, Mass., June 18, 1870. His wife d. Jan. 15, 1898.

Children:

0230 Mary Eliza Lucas, b. in Lenox, Mass., Sept. 28, 1844; m. Nov. 1, 1871, Nahum Whitmarsh, b. in Plainfield, Mass., Oct. 16, 1834, son of Jacob (b. Jan. 1, 1789) and Olive (Packard) Whitmarsh (b. Oct. 9, 1793); a cabinet maker of Springfield. No issue.

0231 Emma C. Lucas, b. March 14, 1853; m. April 8, 1874, Charles E. Dodge.

0052 FREDERICK STERLING (son of Samuel, grandson of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Aug. 17, 1832; m. Aug. 6, 1863, Sarah Delphine Baker (no. 0225), dau. of Jared and Hannah (Hewitt) Baker of Brooklyn, N. Y. Lived at Great Bridge, Va.

Child:

0232 Mary Louisa Sterling, b. Sept. 4, 1864; m. July 24, 1888, Elmer E. Barton.

0053 JOANNA STERLING (sister of the above), b. Nov. 13, 1834; m. Oct. 3, 1872, Louis C. Manning of New York; Lived at Rocky Ford, Colorado. No issue.

0054 WALTER STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Aug. 12, 1836; m. oct. 14, 1878, Margaret Deisner of New Berlin, Wis. He d. at Indian Creek, Neb., Dec. 25, 1887. Mrs. Sterling lived at Beaver Crossing, Neb., with her children.

Children born at Indian Creek:

0233 Samuel Walter Sterling, b. June 23, 1880.

0234 Mary Sterling, b. Aug. 30, 1881.

0235 Bertha Sterling, b. Aug. 16, 1884.

0236 Louisa Sterling, b. Nov. 26, 1885.

0055 ANNIS STERLING (brother of the above), b. Sept. 21, 1838; unm.; lived in Denver, Colorado.

0056 MARY STERLING (dau. of James, granddaughter of Thomas, great-granddaughter of James), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., April 21, 1814; m. there by Abel Hewitt, Feb. 1, 1835, Michael Belcher, b. in Gibson, Penn., June 27, 1806, son of John and Elizabeth (Lazme) Belcher of Gibson.

He was a farmer at Lenox, Susquehanna Co., Penn. He d. there July 27, 1889; Mary d. there Oct. 19, 1889.

Children:

0237 Sophie M. Belcher, b. April 21, 1836; m. Nov. 28, 1866, Andrew J. Archibald.

0238 Ellen Maria Belcher, b. April 16, 1839; m. Sept. 16, 1862, John Conrad.

0239 James Sterling Belcher, b. Aug. 5, 1841; m. Sept. 23, 1868, Ella S. Millard.

0240 John Hersey Belcher, b. Sept. 15, 1844; d. Feb. 10, 1847.

0241 William Emmet Belcher, b. April 1, 1849; d. March 1, 1850.

0242 Edwin Weiss Belcher, b. Feb. 1, 1855; d. March 3, 1880, unm.

0057 ALBERT G. STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Dec. 16, 1815; m. Oct. 31, 1836, Clarissa Gay, b. Aug. 6, 1811, in Herkimer Co., N. Y.

Albert and his wife removed to auburn township, Susquehannah Co., Penn., a district then unsettled and unimproved, where he built a log house, later replaced

by a more substantial structure. He was a farmer. He d. Nov. 7, 1890. Clarissa d. Jan. 20, 1896, at West Auburn.

0243 Ahira Sterling, b. Jan. 28, 1838; m. Polly Olds of Iowa, b. Jan. 6, 1851; owned and occupied half his fathers farm. No issue.

0244 Isadore Sterling, b. March 6, 1841; unm.

0245 George E. Sterling, b. Feb. 24, 1845; m. Bertha Magee; lived at East Maine,

N. Y.

0246 John W. Sterling, b. March 16, 1848; m. oct. 15, 1881, Lizzie Beebe.

0247 Warren E. Sterling, b. June 23, 1850; m. June 16, 1881, Matilda Hyde.

0248 William M. Sterling, b. Nov. 3, 1852; m. in 1879, Elizabeth Montgomery. He was a farmer at Silvara, Penn.; had 8 children.

0058 HANNAH E. STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, May 15, 1817; m. Nathan Lathrop of Elk Lake, Dimock, Penn. They lived in Brooklyn, where Hannah d. in May, 1848. He m. 2d, Mrs. Parmelia (Dewitt) Swartz and d. as the result of a fall from a doorstep in Nov., 1850.

Children:

0249 Paulina Lathrup, m. 1st, Richard H. Kent, a soldier in the Rebellion, who d. of wounds received at Chancellorsville; m. 2d, Charles H. Boughton, son of Harvey and Alice (Woodbury) Boughton, of Brooklyn. He was a dentist. She d. at Danville, Penn., Sept. 17, 1892. Had by second m., Frederick J., Bertha M. and Robert M. Boughton, whose residence was supposed to be in Chicago, Ill.

0250 Judson Lathrop, d. young.

0059 JAMES STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Jan. 15, 1819; m. 1st, June 12, 1842, Sophia Rease, b. Feb. 15, 1820, dau. of Joseph (d. April 18, 1851, aged 87) and Mary G. Rease (d. March 18, 1858, aged 84) of Bridgewater, Penn., natives of Germany. She d. July 19, 1854. He m. 2d, Jan. 7, 1855, Amada Youngs, b. Oct. 2, 1833, dau. of Nathan and Cinthia (Wells) Youngs, natives of Orange Co.,

N. Y., who d. in Mich. James Sterling was a farmer in Brooklyn, occupying the homestead of his father. He d. there Jan. 31, 1875 Mrs. Sterling lived with her dau.

Emma in Brooklyn.

Children by first marriage

0251 Mary Elizabeth Sterling, b. May 27, 1844; m. Dec. 30, 1868, Samuel McKeever.

0252 James M. Sterling, b. Dec. 10, 1851; d. unm., Oct. 28, 1828.

0253 Samuel T. Sterling, b. June 28, 1854; d. Sept. 17, 1854.

Children by second marriage:

0254 Frank M. Sterling, b. July 9, 1859; m. Nov. 24, 1880, Julia D. McKeever.

0255 Emma M. Sterling, b. Oct. 18, 1864; m. Charles H. Tiffany, son of Elisha T. and Julia A. (Hempstead) Tiffany of Brooklyn, a great-great grandson of John and Deliverance (Parmeter) Tiffany of Attleboro, Mass. Had two children: Mabel and Bert.

0060 PAULINA STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, April 5, 1821; m. Thomas M. Oakley, b. in Brooklyn, son of Thomas Oakley (b. in June, 1796; d. Sept. 4, 1857) by his first wife Clarissa Otis (b. in Conn. in 1792); grandson of Jotham (b. in 1770) and Sally (Milburn) Oakley of Brooklyn. Jotham came with his father from Dutchess Co., N. Y., to Nicholson, Penn., in 1783.

Mr. Oakley was a farmer on the old homestead for some years, then removed into the village of Brooklyn. Paulina d. May 18, 1891.

Children:

0256 Mary H. Oakley, m. Fernando Tiffany of Scranton, son of Thomas L. and Matilda (Rought) Tiffany of Brooklyn, grandson of Pelatiah, by his first wife,

Hannah Miller, great-grandson of Thomas Tiffany, who migrated from Attleboro, Mass., to Harford, Penn. in 1794.

0257 Emory T. Oakley, m. Laura Tiffany, sister of the above, who d. Mar. 15, 1892. He lived at New Milford, Penn.

0258 Irving W. Oakley, lived at Montrose, Penn.

0259 Cynthia E. Oakley, m. a Mr. Ball.

0260 Louisa D. Oakley, b. in 1857; d. Mar. 3, 1881, unm.

0261 Joseph D. Oakley.

0061 GEORGE WALKER STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, July 20, 1823; m. June 20, 1850, Lucy G. Garland, b. May 20, 1832, dau. of Thomas and Judith (Tewksbury) Garland of Brooklyn, natives of Lebanon, N. H.; a descendant

of Peter Garland, mariner, Charlestown, 1637.

George Sterling was a farmer in Brooklyn, first on his grandfather, Jacob Tewksbury's farm, next on his wife's father's farm, previously owned by Isaac Sterling, his great-uncle. He d. in Brooklyn, Nov. 2, 1903.

Children:

0262 Frances Elizabeth Sterling, b. Nov. 28, 1851; m. in Aug., 1874, Benjamin T., son of William and Jane Case of Montrose, Penn., a Harness maker in

Brooklyn. He d. Feb. 1, 1901. One ch., Bessie, d., aged 5 months.

0263 Helen Grace Sterling, b. Dec. 15, 1853; m. Oct. 23, 1876, Edwin Sylvester Eldridge, b. Nov. 10, 1853, son of Orlando A. and Mary A. (Taylor) Eldridge of Brooklyn. He was a farmer at Brooklyn. No issue.

0264 Willis Garland Sterling, b. Nov. 13, 1855; d. May 1, 1864.

0062 ENOCH STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, April 30, 1825; m. Mary Ann Langstaff, dau. of Daniel L. and Rachel Langstaff of Brooklyn. Enoch lived at Great Bend, Penn. He d. about 1900. Mary Ann was living with her dau.

Mrs., Gault, 1903.

Children:

0265 Nellie Sterling, m. Albert Gault of Oneonta, N. Y.

0266 Ida Sterling, m. George Traverse of Binghamton, N. Y. No issue.

(Three other children d. young).

0063 WILLIAM PENN STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., Jan. 21, 1827; m. Oct. 22, 1850, Caroline C. Robinson, b. in Braintrim, Penn., Aug. 11, 1826, dau. of John and Caroline (Hollenbeck) Robinson. They removed to Crete, Ill., in 1852, to Oran, Ia., in 1855, and to Dayton Ia., in 1863, where they lived until 1892, when they settled in Sumner, Ia., where she d. Nov. 14, 1899. Mr. Sterling was a farmer; was post-master at Penn., Fayette County, which office was named from him, he having always gone by his middle name. He was justice of the peace at Dayton for eight years and school director ten years. His last known residence, Mankato, Kan.

Children:

0267 Elizabeth M. Sterling, b. April 23, 1852; m. Jan. 17, 1882, William D. Tippin.

0268 James William Sterling, b. Aug. 17, 1864; d. Mar. 25, 1865.

0269 Catherine Cornelia Sterling, b. May 22, 1866; unm.; lived with her brother.

0270 John Gilman Sterling, b. Feb. 1, 1869; m. April 11, 1894, Millie F. Harris.

0064 THOMAS STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1830; m. 1st, Maria L. Merritt. b. in 1829, dau. of Jesse Merritt of Brooklyn, who d. June 24, 1858; m. 2d, Eunice Squires. Thomas was a farmer in Brooklyn. He d. May 22, 1862. His widow m. 2d, Edwin Parks of Binghamton, N. Y.

Children by first marriage:

0271 Javin Leroy Sterling, b. Dec. 16, 1852; m. Oct. 11, 1877, Sarah E. Watrous.

0272 Lillian Sterling, b. in Feb., 1855; d. Feb. 8, 1856.

Child by second marriage:

0273 Lillian Sterling, m. Albert Hawley; lived in Tacoma, Wash.

0065 DANIEL NORTON STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Mar. 10, 1832; m. Nov. 25, 1855, Mary Murray, b. in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, July 3, 1838, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Mack) Murray. His last known residence was at

Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.

Children:

0274 Charles Andrew Sterling, b. Sept. 25, 1856; m. June 7, 1881, Clara Annette Bosworth.

0275 George Galusha Sterling, b. Mar. 12, 1859, in Brooklyn; m. in 1886, Lavinia Glasser of Eden Center, N. Y. He was a traveling salesman; d. at Eden Center, Apr. 20, 1888. No issue.

0276 Anna Belle Sterling, b. Nov. 19, 1861, in Lathrup, Penn.; m. July 13, 1879, Isaac Cornelius of Bradford, Penn., son of Isaac Cornelius. He was a farmer. Had an adopted son John, b. in 1894.

0277 Richard Daniel Sterling, b. May 2, 1871; m. Apr. 29, 1899, Ella Godfrey of Red House, N. Y. He was a farmer.

0278 Amanda Ellen Sterling, b. July 16, 1879; m. Jan. 1, 1900, Arthur D. Vollentine, b. Feb. 18, 1878, son of Jonathan Mosher and Mary Ann (Mosher) Vollentine of Randolph, N. Y. He was a hardware clerk at Randolph.

0066 SMITH STEPHEN STERLING (brother of the above), b. Sept. 30, 1834; m. 1st, Maria Van Housen; m. 2d, Mary Hibbard; d. Oct. 23, 1875. No issue. His widow m. 2d, John Tewksbury of Auburn, Penn.

0067 MARY BRADFORD STERLING (dau. of James, granddaughter of Daniel, great-granddaughter of James), b. April 12, 1830; m. May 27, 1851, George W. Clark, who d. in July, 1886. Mrs. Clark was a woman of fine intellectual attainments, the author of two books and other works. Through great personal exertions and liberal contributions from her own means, she secured funds and erected Trinity Chapel at Great Bend N. Y., and the Mission of the Redeemer

at Watertown, N. Y. She d. at Cedar Rapids, Ia., March 16, 1901. No issue.

0068 ALEXANDER PLINY STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Redwood, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1832; m. in Antwerp, N. Y., May 10, 1853, Elizabeth Garnham, b. in England, April 5, 1832, dau. of Robert and Mary (Rush) Garnham,

who emigrated to America and died at Antwerp. Alexander P. Sterling was associated with his father in the mining and manufacture of iron at Sterlingville and Sterlingbush, N. Y. Upon the death of the latter he continued the business until

1870, when he became associated Edgar Peckham of New York in the manufacture of steel, which proved a success until the panic of 1877 made the venture unprofitable. He then went into the flour and feed business at carthage, N. Y., with his brother Daniel. Mr. Sterling later removed to Dakota and settled at Rapid City, Pennington Co., among the Black Hills, where he aquired valuable mining properties. He was county treasurer and register of deeds of Pennington Co. for many years. He was a member of the Masonic order. He d. at Canajoharie, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1899. Mrs. Sterling d. in Antwerp, in the same room where she was married, Mar. 22, 1898.

Children:

0279 Annis Elizabeth Sterling, m. June 23, 1877, Hiram W. Hall b. aug. 21, 1853, son of Hiram and Lestina Hall. They lived at Canajohaarie, N. Y. Had a child: Pliny Sterling Hall, b. Feb. 2, 1879. He was a graduate of Harvard, 1900.

0280 Pauline Sterling, a graduate of the New England Consevatory of Music.

0281 Mary Therese Sterling, a graduate of Vassar College. A teacher at

Canajoharie, Utica, N. Y., and elsewhere; d. at Orange, N. J., Nov. 20, 1905.

0069 JAMES STERLING (brother of the above), b. Mar. 10, 1836; m. 1st, at Plessis, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1855, Mrs. Julia Clark Burlingame, who d. July 8, 1863; m. 2d, at Great Bend, N. Y., July 23, 1885, Margaret Moore, b. in Port Leyden, N. Y., Nov.

14, 1866, dau. of James and Nancy (McLoud) Moore. James Sterling was a prominent farmer of Jefferson Co., N. Y., for some forty-five years. About 1882 he removed to Port Leyden where for several years he was connected with the iron works there. He later removed to Luther, Mich., where he operated a chemical manufactury. He served for six years on the Board of Supervisors of Jefferson Co. and was for several terms chairman of that body. He d. at Great Bend, Mar. 23, 1902. His widow was still living there in 1903.

Children by first marriage:

0282 George Clark Sterling, b. Aug. 4, 1858; d. Oct. 1877.

0283 May (male) Lippard Sterling, b. Aug. 2, 1860; m. Caroline Rubart, and d. Feb. 10, 1888, without issue.

Children by second marriage:

0284 James Sterling, b. June 28, 1886, lived in Helena, Mont.

0285 Marie Antoinette Sterling, b. Dec. 20, 1888; d. Jan. 23, 1889.

0286 Alice Bradford Sterling, b. Sept. 22, 1890.

0287 Margaret Moore Sterling b. Jan. 16, 1894.

0288 William Bradford Sterling, b. Jan. 12, 1896.

0289 Annis Elizabeth Sterling, b. May 19, 1902 (posthumous).

0070 JULIA ANNIS STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Sterlingville, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1838; m. 1st, Feb. 8, 1865, Lewis Henry Mills, b. in Kent, Conn., Mar. 25, 1827, son of Lewis Weston Mills (b. in Kent, Dec. 7, 1801; d. Dec., 1876), who married Sept. 15, 1825, Amanda Skiff (b. Mar. 12, 1806; d. dec. 4, 1837). Lewis H. Mills m. 1st, May 16, 1851, Fidelia Pitkin, b. Aug. 8, 1828, dau. of Elijah and Sarah (Hale) Pitkin. She d. April 25, 1864, leaving two sons, Henry Hart, b. May 21, 1853, and Ezra Fuller, b. Sept. 13, 1854. Lewis H. Mills lived at Sterlingville, N. Y., and at

West Carthage, N. Y. He d. Dec. 25, 1889. His widow m. 2d, Sept. 14, 1897, Martin Rugg, b. in Martinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y., Aug. 7, 1818, son of Elijah and Lovina Rugg. He m. 1st, Lucy Nutting. Mr. Rugg d. Jan. 13, 1902. Mrs. Rugg was living at Carthage N. Y., 1903.

Children by first marriage:

0290 Louis Sterling Mills, b. Sterlingville, Dec. 20, 1867; m. Nov. 12, 1890,

Marguerite May Hughes of Utica, N. Y., dau. of Edward and Jane (Evans) Hughes. He was a farmer at West Carthage, N. Y. One child: Ruth Sterling Mills, b. at West Carthage, Jan. 1, 1893.

0291 James Daniel Mills, b. in Sterligville, April 6, 1870; d. May 29, 1870.

0292 Antonio Francis Mills, b. in Sterlingville, June 12, 1872; m. Jan. 20, 1897, Amy E. bachman, b. in Carthage, Oct. 26, 1872, dau. of Lewis F. and Melina

(Sheffrey) Bachman. Graduated valedictorian, 1892, from Phillips Exeter Academy and as valedictorian from Albany Law School, 1895. Admitted to the bar in June, 1895. He was a Lawyer and insurance agent at Carthage,

N. Y.

0293 Federic Huntington Mills, b. at West Carthage, Oct. 5, 1874; He was an

Optician in Delhi, N. Y.; m. Lillian Dreyfus, b. in Delhi, Aug. 15, 1879, dau. of Joseph B. and Bertha (Walters) Dreyfus.

0071 JANE ANTOINETTE ("MADAME ANTOINETTE") STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Sterlingville, Jan. 23, 1841; m. in the Chapel Royal, London, England, Easter Sunday, March 28, 1875, by the Rev. Henry White, Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, to John Mackinlay, b. in Perthshire, Scotland.

Madame Antoinette Sterling was distinguished as a remarkable contralto ballad singer. Her pure, rich voice attracted marked attention on both sides of the Atlantic. At the age of seventeen she began the study of vocal music in New York and shortly afterward sang in the Rev. Dr. Adams' Presbyterian church, one of the largest churches in the city, where she clearly demonstrated her ability. When she decided to go abroad Dr. Adams and his congregation organized a grand concert in her honor and gave her the proceeds.

She had obtained a good musical education under clever masters before going to Europe. There, she placed herself in the hands of Manuel Garcia, in London, and this eminent master, the teacher of Jenny Lind and Marchesi, was enthusiastic over

his new pupil. From London she went to the Continent, studying first with Marchesi at Cologne and then going to Baden-Baden for a course with Pauline Viardot Garcia. She also received instruction from Abella and Bassini.

While at Baden-Baden she encouraged a desire to sing German lieder and begged her teacher to let her study them instead of continuing with her Italian and other music. Finally she was permitted to do so.

She sang at the soirees given by her teacher and at one of them attracted the attention of the King and Queen of Prussia by her singing of some German lieder. The King exclaimed "magnifique" and the Queen, engaging in conversation with the

singer took her to be a German.

It was in 1873 that she made her debut in London and created the role in MacFarren's "St. John the Baptist." Upon her return to America, she accepted a position in Henry Ward Beecher's church in Brooklyn. This noted divine, speaking of her accomplishments, said, "I have never preached as well as when she contributed to our services by her soul-stirring singing."

During her stay in America she sang at the best concerts in New York and the East. When Bach's passion music was first sung in Boston, she was one of the soloists. She was one of the first to introduce German lieder in America.

Madame Sterling was able to express with infinite tenderness the meaning of the poet in the language of music and by her power she charmed many thousands of people. Upon hearing her sing Cowen's "Better Land," Gounod said, "I have heard all the voices in the world but yours is unique."

She was interested in temperance work and was vice president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She was a member of the Royal Institute and an honorary member of the Albermarle and Sesame Clubs.

Madame Antoinette settled permanently in London in 1873 and during the latter years of her life lived at 24 Marlborough Place, St. John's Wood, N. W. During a tour of Australia in 1893 her husband died at Adelaide in July. After a brief illness Madame Antoinette died at her residence, Jan. 1904. Her body was cremated at Golder's Hill on the 13th, a large gathering of musicians and others being present.

Madame Sterling was a woman of remarkably strong character and a personality which made a vivid impression upon all who heard her sing or knew her. She always described herself as "double American, double Scotch, double Irish and

single English." She was born a Quaker and a Quaker she remained, though she did not wear the characteristic grey costume. In fact, grey was the one color she practically never wore. When she first sang in public she used to wear red, not only her dress but every article of her attire being of the vivid color which was symbolic of what she called her "fighting mood"; at that period of her life, though she can

hardly be said to have fought for her place, for her success was assured on the very night when she made her debut at the Riviere Promenade Concerts at Covent Garden.

Later on, however, Madame Sterling always sang in white or yellow or green or blue, which were as typical in their way as red, though on one occasion, at least, she did appear in black. This was when she sang by command before Queen Victoria, when the Court was in mourning. When the equerry went to convey the Queen's wishes to the famous contralto, Madame Sterling exclaimed, "I am very sorry, but I can't go, I have promised to sing at a concert for a friend and having given my word, I cannot break it." When the friend heard of the command, it need hardly be said that a way was found out of the difficulty.

To the equerry Madame Sterling had to confess another difficulty, which to her estimation , appeared no less insurmountable. " Everybody who appears before

the Queen," she said, "has, I know, to wear a low bodice. The Quakers do not wear low necked gowns and I am a Quaker." To the Queen, however, this was by no means a difficulty, for, with characteristic graciousness, she sent word that "Madame Sterling might wear any sort of dress she liked." To the palace, therefore, Madame Sterling repaired, wearing a black satin dress cut high to the throat and with long sleeves.

On the night of her debut, despite the advice of her friends and instructors, she sang an aria from Bach's Oratorio. "It is fatal to sing a song so severely classical

at a Promenade Concert" her advisers urged. "I am a classical singer," said Madame Sterling, with her characteristic independence, "and that is what I am going to sing." Sing it she did and created a great sensation, which was intensified

when she afterwards sang the "Three Fishers." Then a scene took place which is not often witnessed in a concert room, for women and men stood up and waved their Handkerchiefs, carried away by the force and pathos of the singer. Once she sang the "Three Fishers" to Charles Kingsley, the author, at his own house, with such effect that he covered his face with his hands when the song was ended and sobbed

outright. Among the many songs in Madame Sterling's large repertoire those most popular were: "The Lost Chord," "The Better Land," "Darby and Joan," "Loves Old Sweet Song" (which was written for her), "Caller Herrin'," "We're a Noddin'," etc. Madame Sterling's children inherited her talent to some degree, her son Malcolm and her daughter Jean both had marked musical ability.

Children:

0294 Malcolm Sterling Mackinlay, b. in London, Eng., aug. 7, 1876; was educated at Eton (Brinckman Prizeman and among the select in Tomline Exhibition),

Trinity College, Oxford, B.A. 1897, and M.A. He studied singing with Manuel Garcia and German repertoire with Eugenie Joachim. Mr. Mackinlay resided in his mother's old home in London. He was a godson of the late Lord Mount Royal.

0295 Kenneth Mackinlay.

0296 Jean Mackinlay, Named from Jean Ingelow, the poetess, their friend and neighbor.

0072 ROCHESTER HUNGERFORD STERLING (brother of the above), b. in sterlingville, July 4, 1844; m. there July 20, 1867, Catharine Essington, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Allen) Essington, b. in Pennsylvania, Jan. 18, 1848. Mr. Sterling

was in Oklahoma in 1903. His wife resided at Sterlingville.

Children:

0297 Daniel Rochester Sterling, b. Feb. 10, 1870, in Sterlingville; m. Lola Curran of Bristol, Ill.; children: Maria Lola, and Bradford Curran.

0298 Mary Annis Sterling, b. in Independence, Mo., Feb. 4, 1876,; m. Jan. 15, 1900, Silas Langdon; chidren: Mildred, b. Jan. 1, 1901, Francis Nina Langdon, b. Dec. 30, 1901.

0077 HOWARD STERLING (son of John, grandson of Daniel, great-grandson of James), b. in Antwerp, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1828; m. June 12, 1855, Elizabeth Prudence Bigelow, b. Dec. 11, 1838, dau. of Ward and Sarah (Woodworth) Bigelow, of Macomb. Mr. Sterling was engaged in iron mining in Lewis Co., N. Y., from 1850 until 1862 and then became a farmer. He owned about 500 acres of land in Lewis Co., near Sterlingbush, beside a half interest in his father's home farm of 400 acres. He was highway commissioner for eight years and supervisor of the town of Diana, Lewis Co., for two terms.

Children:

0299 Frank Riley Sterling, b. Oct. 7, 1856; m. Dec. 3, 1879, Jane Elizabeth

Cambidge.

0300 Ella Elizabeth Sterling, Mar. 1, 1858; unm., lived at Antwerp. She was a cripple as the result of a fall sustained in 1893.

0301 William Bradford Sterling, b. Feb. 24, 1861; unm.

0302 Iola Caroline Sterling, b. April 3, 1865; m. Dec. 24, 1891, William R.

Fitzgerald.

0303 Ezra Church Sterling, b. Nov. 29, 1875; drowned in the Indian River, aug. 15, 1885.

0304 Edward Bradford Sterling, b. April 24, 1878; d. Sept. 10, 1879.

0080 JAMES LLOYD STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Antwerp, June 4, 1838; m. Dec. 25, 1863, Mariette Wait, dau. of James d. and Mariette (Lawton) Wait of Antwerp. He was a farmer near antwerp.

Children:

0305 Frederick Conklin Sterling, b. March 21, 1865; unm. He lived at home.

0306 John Riley Sterling, b. Dec. 19, 1867; unm. He lived at home.

0307 Georgia Bradford Sterling, b. Sept. 18, 1875.

0082 ELLA THERESE STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Antwerp, Oct. 17, 1848; m. Nov. 19, 1890, Simeon H. Austin, a merchant of Fowler, N. Y. They resided in Gouverneur, N. Y., where Mr. Austin d. May 23, 1897, and where his widow lived in 1903.

Child:

0308 Pauline Sterling Austin, b. Nov. 12, 1891.

0083 JULIA ANNA STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Antwerp, Jan. 1, 1852; m. July 25, 1873, John C. McCartin, b. in alexandria, N. Y., in 1840. Mr. McCartin was admitted to the bar in 1861. He enlisted in the 14th N. Y. Heavy Artillery in 1863; was promoted first lieutenant of his company; was discharged for disability in the summer of 1864. He was supervisor of his ward in the city of watertown, N. Y., 1869-71; city attorney in 1872. He was president of the electric lighting company

and in 1889 was elected county judge, the first Democrat to fill that office there in thirty years. He d. July 2, 1892. Julia d. Feb. 12, 1889.

Child:

0309 George Sterling McCartin, b. Aug. 2, 1878; Graduate of Yale; was a lawer in Watertown.

0085 ANNIS STERLING (dau. of Samuel, granddaghter of Daniel, great-granddaghter of James), b. in Sterlingville, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1850; m. Sept. 3, 1872, Robert Allen Essington, son of Joseph and Mary (Allen) Essington of Sterlingville. He was a machinist at Brownville, Jefferson Co. She d. Apr. 29, 1901.

Child:

0310 Carrie May Essington, b. May 14, 1876; m. in 1897, Walter Zimmerman, Jr., a machinist of Brownville. Had a dau. Mabel Jean, b. in 1897.

0086 DAN STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Sterlingbush, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1852; m. Oct. 8, 1884, Florence Mayne, b. Mar. 2, 1857, dau. of Eber and Susannah (Smith) Mayne.

He was a farmer at Wilna, Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he d. sept. 21, 1902. His widow lived in Sterlingville in 1903.

Children:

0311 Julia P. Sterling, b. Feb. 24, 1887.

0312 Adeline Sterling, b. Jan. 14, 1897.

0313 Caroline Sterling, b. May 24, 1900.

0088 MARY BRADFORD STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Sterlingville, Oct. 28, 1856; m. Feb. 15, 1882, James Seaman, son of David and Jane (Bacon) seaman of Sterlingbush, N. Y. A dairyman at Belleville, Jefferson Co., N. Y.

Child:

0314 Bradford Sterling Seaman, b. Sept. 13, 1893.

0089 JOHN RILEY STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Sterlingville, Jan. 20, 1859; m. Oct. 30, 1881, Sarah Evans, b. Jan. 1, 1863, dau. of Samuel and Celestine (Vandewalker) Evans of Wilna, N. Y. He was a farmer on the homestead of his father at Sterlingville, N. Y.

Children:

0315 Amanda Celestine Sterling, b. May 20, 1882.

0316 Mary Bradford Sterling, b. Oct. 21, 1883.

0317 Lena Belle Sterling, b. Nov. 11, 1885.

0318 Annis Adeline Sterling, b. Feb. 28, 1887.

0319 Frank Howard Sterling, b. May 17, 1889.

0320 Pauline Blanche Sterling, b. Jan. 25, 1893.

0102 BETSEY HOWE (dau. of Ephraim Howe, granddaughter of Amy, great-granddaughter of James), b. in 1829; m. George H. Baker, b. Apr. 25, 1825, son of Elisha (b. Aug. 8, 1778; d. Nov. 10, 1859) and Susanna (Avery) Baker (b. Dec.

18, 1778; d. July 23, 1860), natives of Groton, Conn. George was killed by the cars May 20, 1882. Betsey d. at Hopbottom, Penn., Feb. 27, 1882.

Children:

0321 Isabel Baker.

0322 Ella Baker, m. a Mr. Deans.

0323 Jane Baker.

0324 Morris Baker.

0325 Charles Baker, twin with Morris.

0326 Mary Baker, b. in Feb., 1856; d. Dec. 18, 1881.

0327 James Baker.

0328 Eva Baker.

0329 Edwin Baker.

0114 ANSEL STERLING (son of Isaac, grandson of Isaac, great-grandson of James), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., Oct. 8, 1825; m. 1st, Jan. 8, 1852, Lucina Kent, b. Sept. 28, 1829, dau. of David and Betsey (Miles) Kent. Lucina d. Mar. 11, 1885; m.

2d, Josephine A. Miles, dau. of Reuben O. and Lucy (Gere) Miles. Mr. Sterling was a farmer in Brooklyn, living for a number of years on the homestead of his father from which he removed in later life. He d. July 30, 1901.

Children:

0330 Amos G. Sterling, b. Jan. 7, 1853; m. Sept. 4, 1876, Inez L. Titus.

0331 William L. Sterling, b. July 20, 1855; m. Mar. 9, 1878, Emeline Brown.

0115 JAMES H. STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, May 25, 1827; m. Dec. 23, 1854, Mary Brown, b. Dec. 16, 1836, dau. of Ezra S. (b. in Waterford, Conn., Dec. 31, 1806; d. Aug. 20, 1887) and Rebecca (Jackson) Brown of Lathrop, Penn. Mr. Sterling was a farmer in Brooklyn, where he d. suddenly of appoplexy, Apr. 2, 1900.

Children:

0332 Emerson L. Sterling, b. May 3, 1856; m. Apr. 10, 1880, Jennie D. Eastman.

0333 Byron G. Sterling, b. Apr, 7, 1858; m. Feb. 19, 1879, Lura M. Dewitt, b. in Newfield, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1858, dau. of Chauncey and Alvira (Stowell) Dewitt.

He was a farmer in Brooklyn. No issue.

0334 Edwin B. Sterling, b. May 20, 1862; d. Oct. 30, 1865.

0335 Herman R. Sterling, b. Sept. 25, 1864; committed suicide with a shot-gun when in his sixteenth year, May 14, 1880.

0336 Merton D. Sterling, b. Dec. 31, 1868; m. Feb. 22, 1892, Clara Hill.

0337 Alice E. Sterling, b. May 18, 1871; d. Aug. 20, 1875.

0338 Clarence C. Sterling, b. May 8, 1878; m. Mar. 20, 1899, Gertrude Linsey.

0121 CHARLES M. STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, July 26, 1840; m. Oct. 30, 1877, Katharine Hullinger, b. about 1847.

He settled in Turner county, S. Dak., in the winter of 1879-80, taking up government land, in this recently opened tract, which he improved. Retired in 1900 and lived in Parker, S. Dak. About 1886 he separated from his wife. She lived in Monroe, Wash., with her son.

Children:

0339 Lewis M. Sterling, b. in Montgomery, Ill., Jan. 22, 1879.

0340 Katharine G. Sterling, b. in Marion, S. Dak., Dec. 18, 1880; was a student at Lincoln University, Neb.

0123 URSULA URENA STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Feb. 18, 1844; m. Sept. 12, 1865, John M. Roper, b. in Harford, Susquehanna Co., Penn., Nov. 18, 1841, son of John Jefferson (b. Aug. 2, 1813; d. Feb., 1895) and Lucia

(Cutter) Roper (b. Aug, 26, 1817; d. Oct. 8, 1852).

They settled in Turner county, S. Dak., in 1879, at Marion. Then retired and lived in Lincoln Neb.

Children:

0341 Lucia H. Roper, b. Feb. 11, 1867; d. in Marion, Feb. 19, 1881.

0342 John Hilliard Roper, b. Feb. 17, 1869; m. Sept. 12, 1893, Alice I. Ryan.

0343 Maude Julia Roper, b. Apr. 29, 1871; m. June 21, 1894, Ira H. Hatfield.

0344 Ralph G. Roper, b. May 1, 1876.

0345 Mabelle A. Roper, b. Nov, 12, 1880.

0346 Grace C. Roper, b. Feb. 2, 1884.

0127 HARRIET ANNIE STERLING (dau. of Heman, ganddaughter of Isaac, great-granddaughter of James), b. in Cornwall, Conn., Jan. 4, 1840; m. 1st, Nov. 5, 1861, Henry Barnes, son of Edward and Rebecca (Bonny) Barnes. (Rebecca b. in Cornwall, July 18, 1813, dau. of Joshua and Rebecca Bonny; burned to death, Apr. 16, 1900.) Mr. Barnes was a mechanic; enlisted Dec., 1863, served 22 months in the Union army. He d. in West Torrington, Conn., Aug. 20, 1878. Harriet m. 2d, at Dunmore, Penn., Sept. 18, 1884, Milton R. Wheeler. They lived at Waverly, Penn., He d. June 30, 1892. She then lived at South Willington, Conn., with her dau.

Children by first marriage:

0347 Charles H. Barnes, b. Nov. 4, 1863; d. Sept. 11, 1901.

0348 Mary A. Barnes, b. Dec. 10, 1867; m. Sept. 14, 1886, Walter A. Allen.

0130 FLORA JANE STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Cornwall, Aug. 9, 1844; m. Oct. 29, 1862, Elkanah Martin, b. Nov. 1, 1837, son of William and Olive (Chamberlain) Martin of Goshen, Conn. He was a farmer at Goshen.

Children:

0349 William B. Martin, b. June 11, 1864; m. May 17, 1888, Nettie Prindle.

0350 Julia E. Martin, b. Mar. 30, 1866; m. Ely Clum.

0351 James E. Martin, b. Mar. 15, 1868; m. July 24, 1892, Emma Cottrell of Goshen, b. Mar. 1, 1877.

0352 Harriet O. Martin, b. July 1, 1873; m. Dec. 5, 1888, Milbert Cottrell.

0353 John E. Martin, b. May 7, 1875; m. June 20, 1898, Edna Blakeslie.

0354 Frederick G. Martin, b. Mar. 10, 1878.

0131 JOHN HEMAN STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Cornwall, May 27, 1846; m. 1st, Ellen J. Thayer, dau. of Miles and Mary Thayer of Sharon, Conn., who d. Sept. 13, 1879, aged 20; m. 2d, Nov. 6, 1880, Josephine Cottrell, dau. of Seneca and Mary Jane Cottrell. He was a farmer at Goshen.

Children by first marriage:

0355 Lydia C. Sterling, b. June 1, 1879; d. Sept. 13, 1879.

0356 Nellie J. Sterling, b. July 29, 1873; d. Sept 14, 1875; with their mother are buried in Sharon cemetery.

0357 Edwin Miles Sterling, b. Dec. 21, 1876; m. Feb. 5, 1910, Caroline Perkins.

No issue.

Children by second marriage:

0358 Idella Jane Sterling, b. Aug. 21, 1881; d. Jan. 1, 1884.

0359 John Wilbur Sterling, b. Mar. 6, 1883; m. May 10, 1907, Lucy Bishop.

0360 George Bradley Sterling, b. July 19, 1884; m. Sept. 3, 1915, Sarah Bishop.

0361 Seneca H. Sterling, b. June 14, 1887; m. Nov. 26, 1908, Elise Richard.

0362 Florence Amelia Sterling, b. Sept. 13, 1888; m. June 23, 1914, Albert Thomas Hogan.

0363 James Walter Sterling, b. Sept. 13, 1891; m. Martha Bishop.

0364 Joseph Howard Sterling, b. Jan. 30, 1895; m. 1st, Aug. 3, 1913, Therese R. DeSanty, they divorced and he m. 2d, Harriet Hayden.

0365 Grace Emma Sterling, b. Dec. 10, 1900; m. June 9, 1920, Andrew De Santi.

0132 EMMA A. STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Cornwall, Aug 16, 1855; m. Oct. 15, 1874, George L. Howe, son of Horatio H. (b. Oct. 17, 1818) and Anna C. (Ford) (b. June 5, 1825) Howe of Cornwall. George enlisted July 25, 1861, in Co. I, 5th Regt., Conn. Vols., and served three years in the war of the Rebellion; was discharged Aug. 10, 1864. He was a farmer at Goshen, Conn.

Children:

0366 Ralph A. Howe, b. Apr. 21, 1884.

0367 Frank B. Howe, b. Sept. 4, 1885.

0368 Oris S. Howe, b. Oct. 23, 1889; d. Apr. 13, 1891.

0369 Myra Jane Howe, b. May 12, 1896.

0133 DORLISKA A. GIBBS (dau. of Urena, granddughter of Isaac, great-granddaughter of James), b. in Blanford, Mass., Dec. 24, 1835; m. in Otis, Mass., May 28, 1862, William L. Spear. He was a farmer at Russell, Hampden Co., Mass.

Children:

0370 Edgar W. Spear, b. June 11, 1863; m. Lillian Hollingsworth, who d. about 1898, leaving Lewis D. and twin daus., Flora L. and Cora L. Spear.

0371 Ephraim G. Spear, b. Sept. 6, 1865; m. Oct. 10, 1894, Lucy E. Stowell.

0372 Lewis D. Spear, b. Mar. 28, 1869; d. aged 12 years.

0373 An infant d. aged 2 days.

0374 Bessie May Spear, b. May 4, 1871.

0375 Elbert F. Spear, b. about 1876; m. Frances _______.

0136 NANCY U. GIBBS (sister of the above), b. in Otis, Mass., May 13, 1840; m. Nov. 11, 1861, Henry B. White. He was a farmer at West Hawley, Mass.

Children:

0376 Nellie Urena White, b. Dec. 30, 1861; m. Jan. 1, 1883, Frank E. Mason.

0377 Melvin Henry White, b. Mar. 12, 1863; m. Mar. 16, 1897, Emma Stiles.

0378 Nora Evelyn White, b. Dec. 30, 1864; m. Oct. 7, 1900, Frank S. Jenkins.

0379 Myrtle Lillian White, b. Oct. 30, 1866; m. July 3, 1892, Bert H. Bowen.

0380 Inez Sterling White, b, Nov. 23, 1868; m. Dec. 25, 1901, Horatio W. Myrick. Had child: Sterling Myrick, b. Oct. 28, 1902.

0381 Charles Frances White, b. May 29, 1870.

0382 Julia Eastman White, b. Apr. 13, 1872.

0383 Mabel Effie White, b. Jan. 21, 1878.

0384 Maude Irene White, b. Nov. 15, 1882.

0137 SOPHRONIA A. GIBBS (sister of the above), b. in Otis, May 17, 1842; m. in Chester, Mass., Nov. 15, 1871, Hugh C. Clark of Montgomery. He was a farmer at Huntington, Hampshire Co., Mass.

Children:

0385 George H. Clark, b. July 7, 1878.

0386 Maurice H. Clark, b. Dec. 24, 1881.

0140 ELAM L. GIBBS (brother of the above), b. in Otis, July 1, 1849; m. Rosa C. Stowell. He was a farmer at Huntington, Mass.

Children:

0387 Abner Stowell Gibbs, b. June 7, 1894.

0388 Almira Urena Gibbs, b. Feb. 27, 1897.

0142 PHEBE URENA STERLING (dau. of Joeline, granddaughter of Isaac, great-granddaughter of James), b. in Connelsville, Penn., Oct. 14, 1833; m. 1st, Oct. 25,

1855, William Sears, from who she was divorced Nov. 6, 1856. She m. 2d, Sept. 2, 1866, Elijah B. sheard, b. in Huddersfild, England, Sept. 2, 1837. He was a farmer at

Fallsdale, wayne Co., Penn. Mrs. Sheard d. Mar. 29, 1904.

Child by first marriage:

0389 Hattie M. Sears, b. Sept. 16, 1856; m. 1st, John Blair, by whom she had one dau.: Anna Anita; m. 2d, James Barron.

Children by second marriage:

0390 Joseph L. Sheard, b. Nov. 6, 1867; m. May 15, 1895, Rachel Mandsley.

0391 Leartus R. Sheard, b. Mar. 18, 1869; m. Mar. 14, 1901, Mamie Nolan. Ch.: Anna Anita, b. Sept. 28, 1903. He was a farmer.

0144 HARRIET MILICENT STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Sullivan Co.,

N. Y., Jan. 10, 1838; m. Jan. 17, 1856, Lemuel F. Benedict, b. in Sullivan Co., Oct. 16, 1834, son of Miner and Mary (Comstock) Benedict, of Monticello, N. Y. They

removed from Sullivan Co. to Henry Co., Ind., July 17, 1875, where he was a farmer until 1900. Last lived at Paragon, Ind.

Children born in Sullivan Co.:

0392 Clara Jane Benedict, b. Feb. 11, 1857; m. Aug. 25, 1881, William C. Pidgeon.

0393 Minnie Enolia Benedict, b. Jan. 20, 1859; m. Mar. 11, 1884, Perry M.

Blankenship.

0394 Frances Phebe Benedict, b. Oct. 20, 1860; unm.; was a school principal at Marion, Ind.

0395 Laura Augusta Benedict, b. Oct. 27, 1863; unm.; was a teacher in Indianapolis.

0146 JABEZ S. STERLING (son of Asa, grandson of Isaac, great-grandson of James), b. in Greenfield, Penn., June 27, 1839; m. 1st, Aug. 20, 1865, Mary E. Tourje, b. in 1844, dau. of Benjamin and Irene (Conrad) Tourje, who d. in the autumn of 1874. Jabez m. 2d, July 4, 1877, Julia C. Dickerson, b. Feb. 1, 1856, dau. of John and Matilda (Wallace) Dickerson of Walton, Charlotte Co. Va.

Jabez enlisted in Co. B, 17th Penn. Cavalry, in Sept., 1862, and served until June, 1865. He lived in Virginia two years, then settled at Lake Cary, Penn.; where he d. Jan. 4, 1900.

Children by first marriage:

0396 Mary J. Sterling, b. Nov. 4, 1867; m. Dec. 23, 1886, Fred Wheelock.

0397 Minnie L. Sterling, b. Nov. 21, 1869; m. Apr. 27, 1887, John L. Farnham.

Children by second marriage:

0398 William H. Sterling, b. in Virginia, May 3, 1878; was a soldier in the Regular Army.

0399 Alice V. Sterling, b. Jan. 13, 1880; m. Sept. 17, 1898, Judson Barber.

0400 Freddie Lee Sterling, b. Aug. 21, 1881; d. Mar. 19, 1884.

0401 Merton J. Sterling, b. Nov. 12, 1882.

0402 Lillian M. Sterling, b. Mar. 8, 1884; d. June 9, 1884.

0403 Nellie V. Sterling, b. Mar. 23, 1885.

0404 Eddie F. Sterling, b. July 21, 1886; d. in infancy.

0405 David D. Sterling, b. Nov. 6, 1887.

0406 Blanche E. Sterling, b. Dec. 9, 1888.

0407 Lena E. Sterling, b. June 12, 1890.

0408 Ettie F. Sterling, b. Feb. 5, 1894; d. Dec. 10, 1897.

0148 ESSA J. STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Greenfield, Feb. 4, 1844, ; m. there July 4, 1867, Harvey A. Tewksbury, b. Jan. 3, 1848, son of James (d. Dec. 18,

1880, aged 76) and Emeline (d. Feb. 26, 1868, aged 45) (Sutliff) Tewksbury of Brooklyn. James was the son of Sargent Tewksbury (b. in July, 1774; d. Jan. 20, 1843), who came to Brooklyn from Vermont in 1802, by his first wife, Nancy (dau. of Barnard Worthing) (d. Dec. 1, 1824, aged 52), Sargent, a son of Isaac and Judith (Sargent) Tewksbury. Mr. Tewksbury was a farmer at Brooklyn, Penn.

Children;

0409 Frank S. Tewksbury, b. Aug. 10, 1868; m. Nov. 1, 1892, Isabella Hill.

0410 Irving E. Tewksbury, b. Nov. 12, 1871; was engaged in mining in New Mexico; unm. (1902).

0411 Emory H. Tewksbury, b. Oct. 25, 1873; m. Oct. 21, 1902, Althea D., dau. of John Brooks of Pittsburg, Penn.

0412 Ross Tewksbury, b. Aug. 11, 1886.

0155 CHARLES H. STERLING (brother of the above), b. in Lenox, Penn., Aug. 6, 1862; m. May 18, 1892, Isabella Sloat, b. Nov. 7, 1869, dau. of Leander and Sarah (Tyler) Sloat. He was a farmer in Dimock, Penn.; post office, South Montrose.

Children:

0413 Sarah Ruby Sterling, b. Mar. 3, 1893.

0414 Floy Ellen Sterling, b. Aug. 3, 1902.

0162 HATTIE E. STERLING (dau. of Daniel, granddaughter of Isaac, great-granddaughter of James), b. Jan. 4, 1846; m. in Washington, D. C., May 19, 1863, Henry Titus, b. in Abington, Penn., in 1833. He enlisted in the Union army Aug. 11, 1862, and served three years. Lived at Du Bois, Penn.

Children:

0415 Hattie A. Titus, b. May 16, 1864; m. 1st, May 16, 1885, Jason Williams; m. 2d, July 2, 1902, Elmer Lyle.

0416 Charles N. Titus, b. May 26, 1867; m. in 1900 Hattie Lafrance.

0417 Mina M. Titus, b. May 16, 1873; d. Feb. 8, 1893.

0418 Berta C. Titus, b. June 1, 1878; m. Oct. 7, 1902, Emily Were.

0419 Leon A. Titus, b. Apr. 17, 1880; m. July 3, 1900, Sadie Moore; had Dorothy May, b. Dec. 21, 1902.

0420 Frances A. Titus, b. Sept. 15, 1883; m. June 25, 1902, Stanley Marshall; have: Essie Ethelyn, b. Jan. 31, 1903.

0165 FRANK C. STERLING (brother of the above), b. May 1, 1855; m. May 1, 1881, Mrs. Arthalia (Sprague) Welsh, b. June 8, 1857, dau. of Carmon and Elizabeth (Wayman) Sprague of Lenox, Penn. He was a carpenter at Lenox.

Children:

0421 Herbert S. Sterling, b. Mar. 16, 1882; d. May 23, 1883.

0422 C. Lee Sterling, b. Oct. 17, 1884.

0423 Ina U. Sterling, b. Mar. 16, 1886.

0424 Celia G. Sterling, b. Mar. 25, 1888.

0425 Ruth O. Sterling, b. Nov. 8, 1891.

0426 Cyrel S. Sterling, b. May 6, 1893.

0166 REUBEN F. RING (son of Anna, grandson of Nathaniel, great-grandson of James), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., Oct. 22, 1834; m. in Montrose, Penn., Nov. 19, 1855, Helen M. Nickerson, b. Feb. 20, 1834, in Brooklyn, dau. of William and Nancy (Hawley) Chapin, natives of Connecticut, adopted child of L. Jeduthan and F. Mynette (Smith) Nickerson of Brooklyn, Penn.

Mr. Ring lived in Brooklyn for a time, then removed to Missouri, and eventually to Galveston, Tex., arriving there ten days before the great disaster of Sept. 8, 1900.

Children:

0427 Nellie Frances Ring, b. Sept. 20, 1860.

0428 George Delos Ring, b. Aug. 31, 1862.

0429 John Willis Ring, b. Sept 7, 1876.

0167 DAVID J. RING (brother of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Apr. 7, 1841; m. Emugene G. Hewitt, b. Oct. 25, 1843, dau. of James S. and Fanny (Fish) Hewitt (No. 0218). Mr. Ring was a School teacher an farmer in Brooklyn for many years.

Children:

0430 George Ring, b. Feb. 1, 1866; m. Aug. 25, 1886, Victoria Vergeon; resided near his father.

0431 Anna Ring, b. May 2, 1867; m. July 5, 1888, Terrance M. Whitman.

0432 Arthur Ring , b. July 31, 1871; m. Jan. 17, 1900, Edith Forse, dau. of Albert and Catharine (Mead) Forse.

0169 HARRIET S. STERLING (dau. of Thomas, granddaughter of Nathaniel, great-granddaughter of James), m. Jacob Whitman of Herrick, Penn., who enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, Harford, Penn.

Children:

0433 Carry C. Whitman.

0434 Clara M. Whitman.

0435 Frank C. Whitman.

0436 Fred J. Whitman, m. Sarah A. Sterling, b. Apr. 23, 1863 (No. 0183); had one child. Resided at Harford.

0171 FIDELIA SARAH SIMONS (dau. of Rebecca, granddaughter of Nathaniel, great-granddaughter of James), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., Dec. 25, 1834; m. Oct. 1, 1852, Lester Wright, b, Oct. 1, 1825, son of Horace and Hannah (Webster)

Wright. He was a soldier in the Rebellion; d. Nov. 23, 1864. She d. April 20, 1900.

Children:

0437 Sarah Wright, b. Feb. 28, 1854; m. George Lord. (See No. 0034).

0438 Martha Wright, b. May 23, 1857; d. Sept. 10, 1860.

0439 William Wright, b. Aug. 10, 1860.

0173 MARTHA SIMONS (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Sept. 15, 1843; m. Henry Brown, b. Nov. 9, 1833, son of John and Minerva Brown. He was a laborer at Nicholson, Wyoming Co., Penn.

Children:

0440 Frank Brown, b. Apr. 16, 1863; m. Oct. 29, 1892, Kate Lillian McCracken. Was a harness maker at Nicholson.

0441 Caroline Brown, b. May 23, 1869; m. Feb. 23, 1884, Elmer Squires. He was a stone cutter at Tingley, Penn. Had one dau. : Vida May, b. Oct. 17, 1888.

0176 ALBERT CLARK WATERMAN (son of Julia, grandson of Nathaniel, great-grandson of James), b. Aug. 6, 1852; m. Jan. 1, 1873, Frances Cornelia Krum, b. July 17, 1856, dau. of David and Jane (Odell) Krum. Mr. Waterman was an

engineer on the D., L. and W. R. R.; Lived at Hallstead, Penn.

Children:

0442 Alice Irene Waterman, b. Sept. 8, 1873; unm.

0443 Albert Fillmore Waterman, b. Sept. 6, 1878; m. Apr. 10, 1901, Maude Winifred Aldrich, b. Sept. 16, 1880.

0444 Florence Bell Waterman, b. Mar. 22, 1881; m. Dec. 5, 1900, Byron Earl Roosa, b. Mar. 27, 1880.

0445 Bessie Waterman, b. Nov. 20, 1886.

0446 Cecil Waterman, b. Sept. 30, 1857.

0447 Eugene Waterman, b. Aug. 3, 1890.

0177 EUNICE M. WATERMAN (sister of the above), adopted by Joseph Tiffany of Harford and took the name of Tiffany; m. Charles Fish, son of Asa and Sarah (Friman) Fish of Brooklyn, Penn., grandson of Anthony and Hannah (Chipman) Fish. He was a mason and farmer in Brooklyn.

Children:

0448 Lena M. Fish.

0449 Daisy B. Fish.

0178 LAURA ANN WATERMAN (sister of the above), b. Feb. 1, 1855; m. May 13, 1878, Millard Fillmore Decker. He was a conductor on the D., L. and W. R. R.; lived at Hallstead, Penn.

Child:

0450 Grant Millard Decker, b. Mar. 6, 1884.

0179 CHARLES J. STERLING (son of Silas, grandson of Nathaniel, great-grandson of James), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., Dec. 1, 1844; m. May 22, 1870, Leanora Shafer,

b. at Buttsville, Warren Co., N. J., Feb. 24, 1845. He was a railroad employee at Dumont, Bergen Co., N. J.

Children:

0451 Lillian V. Sterling, m. H. W. Green; lived at Dumont; had three sons.

0452 George B. Sterling, m. Bessie Fuller; lived at Dumont; d. Jan. 16, 1903; left one son and one dau.

0453 Genevieve K. Sterling, m. H. R. Wicks; lived in Boston, Mass.; had two daus.

0180 ADAH L. STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, July 16, 1847; m. Mar. 19, 1865, Thomas M. Maynard, b. Apr. 17, 1840, son of Thomas J. and Susan (Capwell) Maynard of Factoryville, Penn. He served three years in the Civil War.

He was a miller at Harford, Suquehanna Co., Penn.

Children:

0454 Charles M. Maynard, b. Dec. 23, 1865; m. in Mar., 1887, Flora Matthewson. Lived at Scranton, Penn.

0455 Bertha Syples. Lived in N. Y. City. Had Carol N. and Fay S.

0456 Arthur S. Maynard, b. Oct. 19, 1873; unm.; lived in N. Y. City.

0457 Orrin F. Maynard, b. Dec.11, 1877; lived in Harford.

0458 Walter C. Maynard, b. Aug. 31, 1879; m. Susan Matthews. lived at Lenox, Penn. Had: Veda M.

0181 LUCY A. STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Broolyn, June 4, 1849; m. Jan. 31, 1867, George D. Hart, b. May 21, 1846, son of Joseph and Adeline Hart of Beloit, Wis. Mr. Hart was a farmer near Beloit. He served in the Union army during the War of the Rebelion.

Children:

0459 Minnie Rosella Hart, b. Aug. 16, 1870; m. Sept. 3, 1891, James G Rathbun. They lived in Webster, S. Dak. No issue (1903).

0460 Mattie Adelaide Hart, b. Dec. 21, 1871; m. Oct. 2, 1899, Millard F. Seaman.

0461 Hattie Belle Hart, b. Nov. 5, 1873; m. Nov. 29, 1893, Edward B. Shanbarker.

0462 Charles Warren Hart, b. Oct. 21, 1875; m. Feb. 12, 1902, Grace B. DeGroff, They lived at Roscoe, Ill.

0463 Gibert Maynard Hart, b. Nov. 19, 1876. He lived at Chicago, Ill.

0464 Nellie Mae Hart, b. Dec. 30, 1877.

0465 Clarissa Jane Hart, b. July 14, 1880; m. Feb. 28, 1899, Henry H. Paul.

0466 Francis Edward Hart, b. Mar. 18, 1882; d. Apr. 8, 1897.

0467 Florence Ellen Hart, b. Mar. 2, 1884.

0468 Avis Sterling Hart, b. Feb. 17, 1885.

0469 Ida Bee Castle Hart, b. Jan.17, 1888.

0470 Bertha Lee Hart, b. Oct. 20, 1891.

0182 CLARISSA J. STERLING (sister of the above), b. in Brooklyn, Jan. 7, 1854; m. at Peckville, Penn., June 15, 1874, George C. Johnson, son of Charles (member of Co. B, 12th Regt., Penn. Cav.; killed at the Battle of the Wilderness) and Sophronia L. Johnson. He was employed in the American Exchange National Bank, N. Y. City.

Children:

0471 Gertrude L. Johnson, b. Sept. 25, 1875; m. H. S. Stewart of Brooklyn, N. Y.

0472 Isa M. Johnson, b. July 25, 1880; d. Feb. 4, 1896.

0473 Stanley Sterling Johnson, b. Dec. 16, 1884.

0184 MARY K. SHAPPEE (dau. of Eliza, granddaughter of Nathaniel, great-granddaughter of James), b. Jan. 12, 1842; m. Aug. 12, 1861, Samuel H. Oakley, b. Feb. 17, 1840. They lived near Binghamton, N. Y.

Children:

0474 Rose H. Oakley, b. Feb. 19, 1863; m. Mar. 27, 1882, Rile Dever Carpenter.

0475 Milbourn Oakley, b. June 15, 1870; m. Nov. 16, 1893, Hattie M. Cox.

0188 GEORGE N. SHAPPEE (brother of the above), b. Nov. 27, 1853 ; m. July 4, 1878, Harriet E. Burns, b. Apr. 14, 1860. He was a carpenter at Lesterhire, N. Y.

Children:

0476 Ida E. Shappee, b. Apr. 10, 1879; m. July 22, 1902, James C. Tucker, b. Jan. 13, 1877.

0477 William E. Shappee, b. Nov. 23, 1880; d. in Feb., 1881.

0478 Ethel M. Shappee, b. Aug. 10, 1882; d. Dec. 31, 1888.

0479 Monroe J. Shappee, b. Sept. 16, 1884; d. Jan. 2, 1889.

0480 George F. Shappee, b. aug. 21, 1890.

0481 Mabel E. Shappee, b. Dec. 29 1893; d. Apr. 6, 1900.

0189 EDWARD TAYLOR (son of Rachel, grandson of Nathaniel, great-grandson of James), b. Dec. 3, 1848; m. May 19, 1869, Hannah Green, b. Apr. 23, 1853, dau. of Jonathan Green. They lived at Scranton, Penn.

Children:

0482 Elnora Taylor, b. June 30, 1871; m. May 10, 1893, George W. Zink.

0483 Effie D. Taylor, b. June 13, 1875; m. July 19, 1896, Robert Owen.

0484 Gertrude Taylor, b. July 24, 1879,; m. Aug. 15, 1898, Ernest Miles. Had two ch.: Edward, b. Oct. 21, 1899, and Clifford, b. Apr. 25, 1901.

0485 Harry W. Taylor, b. June 7, 1883.

0486 Howard O. Taylor, b. Sept. 29, 1891.

0191 JOHN TAYLOR (brother of the above), b. Aug. 26, 1859; m. in 1891, Anna Burbank. They lived in Scranton, Penn.

Children:

0487 Rachel Taylor.

0488 Edna Taylor.

0489 Lucy Taylor.

0193 OSCAR TAYLOR (brother of the above), b. Sept. 30, 1863; m. Nov. 9, 1892, Mrs. Lizzie Judson. They lived at Scranton, Penn.

Child:

0490 William Taylor, b. May 22, 1898.

0194 ELLEN EUGENIA WRIGHT (dau. of Hannah, granddaughter of Nathaniel, great-granddaughter of James), b. at Hopbottom, Penn., June 6, 1845; m. Apr. 11, 1863, Thomas E. Penny, b. Nov. 4, 1840, son of Christopher and Lydia (Tewksbury) Penny of Brooklyn, Penn. Mr. Penny was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion. He was a farmer, occupying the homestead of his wife's father and grandfather in Brooklyn.

Children:

0491 Esther Josephine Penny, b. Jan. 23, 1863; m. apr. 30, 1883, Frank Wilbur, son of Woodbury and Sarah (Goss) Wilbur. Had one ch.: Dora Eugenia, b. Apr.

2, 1895.

0492 Lydia Evelyn Penny, b. Mar. 9, 1865; m. Feb., 1883, Marvin Penny, son of Charles and Sarah Jane (Wilson) Penny, and her first cousin. Had: Emma, who m. Martin Beeman. They lived at Hopbottom.

0493 Hattie Elvira Penny, b. Jan. 21, 1867; m. May 14, 1884, Orin L. Rose, son of Henry and Eliza (Burch) Rose of Hopbottom. Had: Elsie May, Harry,

Adelbert, Mabel, Alma, Elwood, and Harold.

0494 Ernest Emerson Penny, b. Apr. 18, 1870; m. Aug. 15, 1896, Bertha Van Scoten, dau. of John and Sarah (Miller) Van Scoten, of Dimock, Penn., natives of

New Jersey. Had: Glen Arthur, b. July 25, 1897; d., aged 3 years.

0495 Guy Harrison Penny, b. Oct. 6, 1873; m. Apr. 5, 1893, Lydia, a sister of Bertha Van Scoten above. Had: Lottie, b. Jan. 11, 1897, Alonso, and a girl, b. Oct. 8, 1902. They lived at Hopbottom.

0496 Daisy Estella Penny, b. July 25, 1878; m. 1st, May 31, 1900, Frank Simons, who d. Feb. 13, 1901. She m. 2d, Aug. 21, 1902, Harry Farnham. They lived at Owego, N. Y.

0224 WILLIAM BAKER (son of Hannah Hewitt, grandson of Rachel, great-grandson of James), b. in Brooklyn, N. Y.; m. June 25, 1861, Laura E. Lawrence. They lived at Brooklyn.

Children:

0497 Frank M. Baker, b. Mar. 19, 1862.

0498 William B. Baker, b. Mar. 28, 1871.

0499 Albert L. Baker, b. Jan. 22, 1874.

0500 Walter L. Baker, b. Sept. 14, 1879, all lived at Brooklyn.

0227 JOSEPH O. YEOMANS (son of Ann Hewitt, grandson of Rachel, great-grandson of James), b. in Brooklyn, Penn., Oct. 9, 1841; m. Oct. 18, 1868, Caroline McKeeby, b. May 23, 1849, dau. of Jasper and Hannah (Bailey) McKeeby of

Dimock, Penn. Mr. Yeomans was a farmer at Brooklyn, Penn.

Children:

0501 Hannah Ann Yeomans, b. Aug. 26, 1869; m. Mar. 11, 1891, George Gardner of Brooklyn. Had: Oscar and Ada.

0502 Daniel Yeomans, b. May 26, 1871; m. Jan. 12, 1896, Cora Conrad; lived at Dimock. No issue (1902).

0503 Frank Everett Yeomans, b. June 24, 1872; m. Dec. 24, 1894, Emma Lindsley. They lived at Brooklyn. Had: Edna May and Hubert.

0504 Maud Yeomans, b. Dec. 25, 1891.

0231 EMMA C. LUCAS (dau. of John Lucas, granddaughter of Hannah, great-granddaughter of James), b. in Enfiel